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Just got a Nexus One

I just got a nexus one exactly one week ago and Im lovin it. I made the switch from win mo. I had the Touch HD and Xperia X1. Now I dont want to root the nexus because it voids warranty and there seems to be many problems users are having with it. I dont want to have no warranty if anything happens to mine.
So I would like to know, what apps should I get and what widgets. There is a very limited number of widgets on the nexus and I want to fill up the home screen. I downloaded engadget and they have a widget, I downloaded a couple of games, xda app, and the htc sense keyboard. So I hope you other nexus users can help me since Im an andoid newbie.

mets3214 said:
I just got a nexus one exactly one week ago and Im lovin it. I made the switch from win mo. I had the Touch HD and Xperia X1. Now I dont want to root the nexus because it voids warranty and there seems to be many problems users are having with it. I dont want to have no warranty if anything happens to mine.
So I would like to know, what apps should I get and what widgets. There is a very limited number of widgets on the nexus and I want to fill up the home screen. I downloaded engadget and they have a widget, I downloaded a couple of games, xda app, and the htc sense keyboard. So I hope you other nexus users can help me since Im an andoid newbie.
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What are you looking for in a widget?
I'm currently using..
Beautiful Widgets (paid)
AudioManager
DaysUntil
National Rail
Network Widget
PhotoFrame
Pure Calendar (paid)
Pure Music (paid)

nice, just downloaded. audio manager. Im looking for sense like widgets. If there was an htc desire compatable with att 3g. I wouldve got it

Hmm ok I can tell you about a couple of apps that I use often at least:
Handcent SMS - Much better than the built in messaging app imo
Dolphin Browser - I prefer it to the stock browser
3G Watchdog - Keeps track of how much you transfer over 3G, very useful
Agenda Widget - A good widget for showing upcoming appointments
RealCalc - A calculator with a "few" more options than the stock oen
Nimbuzz - Will cater to most of your IM needs
Spotify - Good for streaming music and storing it offline if it's available in your country
Doggcatcher - Great program for podcasts
Barcode Scanner -Good to have to scan in those barcode links that are used a couple of places
Battery Indicator - Gives you a number to look at in the notification bar instead of the pretty useless built in battery icon
Connectbot - SSH client
Smart Keyboard - A great keyboard with different skins and dictionaries for many languages
Documents to Go - Great office suite
Xe Currency - Keeps you up to date with conversion rates
Weather widgets - A good clock/weather widget
Games:
Don't know about that many games and I can't get the full versions of most of them since I don't have paid apps where I come from and I'm not rooted, but I can suggest a few.
Snesoid - Essential imo, play all those great SNES games on your phone and you won't need much else on the gaming side
Abduction - Jumping cows, what else do you need from a time waster?
SFCave - classic game from the early Palm devices if I'm not mistaken
Toss It - Good time waster
3d Pong - Classic flash game
Anways my tip for you is just to look around the market and test out apps, many are free and most have at least a lite version and that is the best way to find out if you like/need an app.

mets3214 said:
nice, just downloaded. audio manager. Im looking for sense like widgets. If there was an htc desire compatable with att 3g. I wouldve got it
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I'd definitely give Beautiful Widgets a go then

fwiw, handcent sms is a great app. it totally replaced mine.
the htc keyboard is great, i have it on my rooted desire rom.
Beautiful Widgets is what your looking for if you want sense style widgets. I believe they nearly got sued for their weather clock.
I love the textsfromlastnight widget, lol, but dunno if you like that site.
i keep the facebook stock widget open.
weather/news widget is actually ok, but i use the desire weather widget.

New Android Owner Looking for Interesting Apps

Let me start by introducing myself. I'm the new owner of a Droid 2 Global (but I'm posting in Plain Droid 2 General, because the distinction has no relevance for my questions).
I previously owned an HTC Titan (which I left stock, which is unusual for me). Before that I had an HTC Apache, which I customized heavily, back in the day when XDA only covered HTC WinMo phones. I was even customizing ROMs, although not at a particularly advanced level. I mostly followed other forums, but many of the important utilities used originated here.
But enough of the old history. I now have the D2G. Relative to the tiny low resolution screen of my WinMo phones, this was a real upgrade .
So the first thing I did was root the phone, and installed Fission. I've also installed various apps I've seen recommended, and am wanting to hear any suggestions people have for other apps.
I'm no interested in most of the things that top many "must-have apps" lists, like social networking apps, and I'm especially interested in knowing about interesting obscure apps, but I could still have missed some interesting mainstream apps.
I'm including an annotated list of my currently installed (non-rom) apps.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Current Apps:
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 (com.adoble.flashplayer)
Adobe Reader (com.adobe.reader)
AudioManager (com.smartandroid.audiowidget) I'm not particularly happy about this app's widgets being refreshed by polling, rather than by somehow subscribing to the volume change events. Is there a similar root-only app hat works like that?
Barcode Scanner (com.google.zxing.client.android)
Compass (com.apksoftware.compass)
Dolphin Browser HD (mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser)
Droid 2 Bootstrapper (com.koushikdutta.droid2.bootstrap)
Earth (com.google.earth)
eSpeak TTS (com.marvin.espeak)
Fission Rom Manager Lite (br.romdownloader)
GMail (com.google.android.gm) Fission omits this since it is on the market
Goggles (com.google.android.apps.unveil) Interesting, albeit not practical
Google Sky Map (com.googl.android.stardroid) A bit more practical
Google Translate (com.google.android.apps.translate)
GPS Test (com.chartcross.gpstest)
Maps (com.google.android.apps.maps) Fission omits this since it is on the market
Root Explorer (com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer)
Shopper (com.google.android.apps.shopper)
Street View (com.google.android.street) Fission omits this since it is on the market
Superuser (com.noshufou.android.su) Downloaded latest version from market, so I am notified of updates
Terminal Emulator (jackpal.androidterm)
Titanium Backup (com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup)
Titanium Backup Pro (com.keramidas.TitaniumBackupPro)
Voice Search (com.google.android.voicesearch) Fission omits this since it is on the market
YouTube (com.google.android.youtube) Fission omits this since it is on the market
Update: Apps I've tried based on suggestions and think that I will stick with (unless I see something better) will be added to the above list, in bold.

Handcent sms. Best text messaging app out there and its free. Launcherpro is also awesome.
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i would get a cpu control app like setcpu, or if you want to overclock go with droid overclock by jrummy, i personally cant use an android phone without fancy widget. i also noticed that there wasnt an xda app in there

orkillakilla said:
Handcent sms. Best text messaging app out there and its free. Launcherpro is also awesome.
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Agreed, I'd go ADW launcher though

theimpaler747 said:
Agreed, I'd go ADW launcher though
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theres a new version called adw ex and it costs$2.50 but it is SO worth it. so much more customization. i also second handcent sms.

botnryan said:
theres a new version called adw ex and it costs$2.50 but it is SO worth it. so much more customization. i also second handcent sms.
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I have it, and love it as well

Here's some worth checking out:
Google Voice: Google Voice will transcribe your voicemails to text, store them on the web, make them searchable, and allow you to archive them forever. Single most amazing thing to happen to phones since they got data connections. Ignore the rest of this list and get google voice. It's worth the few minutes of setup time.
qik: You can stream video live to the web. I haven't really found a great use for it, but how cool is that?
Dropbox: If you don't use Dropbox on your PC, that's a whole other story I need to tell you about, but there's an app for your android. It syncs your data to the cloud and keeps all your computers in sync with the newest versions.
Google Sky Map: Do you see a constellation? Hold your phone at arms length in front of the stars in question and google sky map will tell you their names, the name of the constellation, and other cool stuff. It's one of those you have to see it to believe it.
Jorte is a much better calendar than the default one. You can put much more useful widgets on the desktop and see the names of your events when you're in monthly or weekly views.
ADW is an awesome launcher (I use it), but Launcher Pro is probably cool too.
Get your bank's mobile banking app. Super useful.
Verizon has an app that shows you your minutes used, txts sent, and data downloaded.
Cool games:
Rocket Bunnies
Mechanics Touch
Robo Defense
Repilica Island
Air Control
Buka
Radiant
Totemo

Feedback on the suggestions: (Updated)
Its really not clear what Handcent SMS gets me over the default provider, especially since I don't use SMS very much. Also if I do decide to go Google Voice in the future, said app becomes somewhat moot, since AIUI only the GV app works well with GV's SMS.
ADW Launcher EX looks interesting. I do have some reservations though. I remember that early on all replacement launchers had issues that varied from effectively locking you out of the phone by breaking (with the breakage surviving restarts), through to eating up battery like crazy. Have those all been pretty well resolved?
The XDA-Developers app has ads, and more importantly does not seem to let me refer back to older posts while composing.
I'm not sure what to make of Dolphin HD. It has ads unless you buy a license, but those ads are hidden away in places like the bookmarks management screen (while the bookmarks sidebar is what you use most of the time). It does support downloading any file even if no app for the format is installed. On the other hand functionality like a password manager is only available in an add-on (and the password manager one is a paid add-on).

I've used both adw and launcher pro, I loved adw but I just didn't find it as stable or as smooth as launcher pro, so I stayed with launcher pro, just a little input for your consideration
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I'm sure there is someone who will disagree, but I really like Dolphin HD browser. It may be a hair slower than some other browsers, but I really like the bookmarks bar on the left side.
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Some other apps I've found are the miui music app (best music player app I've found) and also the miren browser from the miui rom. Worth checking out and they are free.
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I just downloaded that miren browser, I haven't heard of it. I'm going to have to test it for a while.
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AdFree if you don't like the ads. Cachemate, drocap2. Just some suggestions
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Tried the miren browser. I still prefer dolphin though.
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chompSMS over Handcent for me. Main reason for these is the popup notifications. Saves me from turning on screen, unlocking, dragging down status bar, tapping message, and then being able to read it. Auto lights up screen (20 sec configurable for me) and opens a pop-up window, you can instant-reply there too. Oh and the quick-compose, I map that through the LauncherPro activities feature to search button + P to instantly start composing an SMS.
andChat if you ever need irc
tTorrent Lite looks nice haven't used it just have it installed
K-9 Mail much better than gmail (gmail hogs precious vertical viewing area when in landscape mode)
GTask, enable tasks in google labs on your gmail (if this is still a labs feature and not official now).
MusicJunk: I won't spoil this one for you.
I'd say that's it.

I actually like go sms, its very customizable and has the pop ups like chomp, although I disable them from time to time. And I also found hancent a little buggy, sometimes it wouldn't send my messages, go sms sends them very fast, almost as soon as I hit send.
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rusty815 said:
I actually like go sms, its very customizable and has the pop ups like chomp, although I disable them from time to time. And I also found hancent a little buggy, sometimes it wouldn't send my messages, go sms sends them very fast, almost as soon as I hit send.
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IMO, Go SMS, like most apps, uses too much vertical space. Who needs half an inch for a message ? I wish more would do it like k-9 mail and just make it like 1/4th inch high at the max.

I don't use very many social networking apps and mainly use my phone for media purposes aside from some of the more popular news type apps like Tapatalk, Pulse news reader and stuff here are a few you may be interested in:
Media Apps:
BeyondPod - If you like podcasts this app is amazing. Doggcatcher is pretty good also, but I simply prefer the more minimalist style of BeyondPod.
iSyncr - if you want to sync music from itunes to your phone
PlayerPro - imo this is the best music player for android hands down. its very customizable and has a ton of options and features. If you are interested in trying it check out the Sens skin for it.
RockPlayer - plays literally any video format. Eventually I hope to move to vPlayer, but that isn't all that stable on the Droid 2/X phones atm.
XiiaLive - a shoutcast streaming player with a pretty good interface. I think Winamp may also stream as well.
System/Widget Apps:
LauncherPro - other people have mentioned it. To clarify I have never had a reboot lock problem or any battery drain from it and I have been using it since I got my droid 2 back in the summer (4-5+ months), so I can confidently say it is more than stable and very fast.
Volume Toggle (Free or Pro) - I have been using free for months. Its similar to AudioManager except superior in every way. I am fairly sure it works with system change events in the latest versions of it. If nothing else give it a shot. It has a nice widget you can tap to change profiles and can auto-profile things like the headset. The ads in the free version are so minimal you wouldn't notice them as they only exist down in the profile creation screens so you wouldn't see them 9/10 days.
SimiClock - A great homescreen widget with date/time/weather and a super minimalistic look.
Launch-X (Free or pro) - A pretty neat launcher widget with a decent amount of customization.
Other Interesting Apps:
TippyTipper - easy tip calculator
Urbanspoon - find good places to eat fast!
psx4droid- Play playstation games on your phone
An app you will probably never hear of:
SimplyNoise - A White noise generator. It really helps me when studying and/or programming. Its basically a version of the website http://www.simplynoise.com/ stuffed into a concise little app. Its kinda weird, but I really like it!

swift key
its a keyboard with the capability of predicting the next word you're going to write and it works very well with the physical keyboard (the whole purpose of owning a droid 2 lol) it is a paid app but it is so worth it

[Q] Please recommend apps - Milestone 2

First of all.. the moderators can move this to another section if this isn't the correct place to be posting this...
I have been waiting for the Milestone 2 section to pop up to ask this... but I guess that might take a little longer...
I'm using the stock ROM from Motorola Froyo 2.2.. My phone is rooted though... Not a big fan of BLUR for obvious reasons.. (Angdroid .. we are waiting for ur custom ROM eagerly to get rid of BLUR.. kudos to u bro to help us out)
So I want some recommendations on the apps that I should use for the list below. I'm using some apps but since the android world in full of awesome apps.. I just wanted to make sure that I'm using the best of the best..
I would really appreciate if someone can give a reason as to why I should NOT use a particular app..
Task Killer - _________ (using Avanced task killer)
Alarm & Timer - ________ (using stock) (hopefully nothing fancy is necessary here)
File Manager - _________(ASTRO)
Calendar - ___________ (using stock)
Dictionary - __________ (required. Preferably offline)
Camera - ___________ (using stock)
Camcorder - __________ (using stock)
Contacts - __________ (using stock)
Dialler - ___________ (using stock)
Office app - _________ (got Quickoffice as stock)
Browser - ___________ (Dolphin HD and Opera Mini)
Social Networking - _________ (I only use Facebook and I have got the official App)
Picture Gallery - ________ (Got QuickPic.. looking for something a little more fancy here)
Music Player - ___________ (got stock n WinAmp)
Text Messaging - __________ (Stock)
Exchange - ____________ (heard a lot about Exchange by Touchdown)
Launcher - ______________ (using Launcher Pro)
Other than that I have Google Goggles, Google Sky Maps, Google Maps, SetCPU, XDA app n Youtube..
One more thing, I would really appreciate if someone can suggest apps (especially launcher) which can give me better battery life..
Would also appreciate any interesting app that I'm missing..
Thanks in advance for your suggestions..

You don't need a task killer. FroYo is designed to handle running apps optimally and a task killer just gets in the way of doing that.

okay... thanks for tht....
Any other suggestions??

Well I keep advanced task killer froyo in case an app starts acting up and I need to kill it. I never kill everything though.
A great music player is miui music. Very good ui, downloads lyrics and album artwork free.
Miren web browser from the miui rom is also great.
Widgetlocker is nice. Widgets on your lockscreen and its only $1.
Launcherpro is a great home replacement to get ride of the blur launcher. Its super smooth and snappy. Paid version has some nice widgets.
Hope you find this helpful.
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Thanks.. I'll try out miui music and miren browser.. Not to keen on keeping widgets on lock screen, so would keep away from Widgetlocker..
Have tried both Launcher Pro and ADWlauncher... Launcher Pro is super snappy... but ADWlauncher is catching up fast... Plus it has got loads of themes.. I cant decide between the two at the moment.. I guess battery consideration will dictate terms there....
More suggestions are welcome...

Root Explorer is a good file manager because it gives you access to your /system folder so you can eliminate those annoying camera shutter sounds. It costs $10.

silverfang77 said:
Root Explorer is a good file manager because it gives you access to your /system folder so you can eliminate those annoying camera shutter sounds. It costs $10.
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Android mate is a free alternative to root explorer. It gives you root access to your /system folder. It might not have as many features as root explorer, but that's the price you pay for not paying lol
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Ad free to stop ads (Duh).
Adobe Reader (Just in case).
Angry Birds (For a little fun)
Default Browser
CNET news
Compass
Droid Overclock
Droid Light
Google Earth
Facebook
Fancy Widget (HTC Clock type widget)
Fissiom Rom Manager
Google Goggles (Take pictures of things and automagically googles them)
Iheartradio
NFL mobile
XDA app of course
Just a few apps I use on my phone.

Thanks Mike for the list..
I do have Ad Free, Angry Birds, Facebook, Google Goggles n XDA apps..
Will give compass a try (donno how useful it is for me though).. CNET news and Google earth also seem to be good options...
About Droid overclock.. I did try Milestone overclock n was able to overclock my phone to 1300 MHz.. but my battery doesnt seem to last long (even without overclocking it hardly lasts a day).. Do u guys have a similar issue without battery?? If yes, can you suggest some ways to conserve it??
@orkillakilla: I have ASTRO.. Is Android mate a better option??

sahilarora911 said:
Thanks Mike for the list..
I do have Ad Free, Angry Birds, Facebook, Google Goggles n XDA apps..
Will give compass a try (donno how useful it is for me though).. CNET news and Google earth also seem to be good options...
About Droid overclock.. I did try Milestone overclock n was able to overclock my phone to 1300 MHz.. but my battery doesnt seem to last long (even without overclocking it hardly lasts a day).. Do u guys have a similar issue without battery?? If yes, can you suggest some ways to conserve it??
@orkillakilla: I have ASTRO.. Is Android mate a better option??
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Im guessing since you have the Milestone 2 you prolly don't have it ROMed which I dont think you can at this point and time. There in lies your problem, the MotoBlur absolutely HATES batterys. Before I ROMed my phone I could barely last a day with mild useage, I can now last at least a day and a half. With overclocked =P.
To conserve use WiFi whenever possible. Put the screen brightness as low as you can tolerate it. If you don't mind disconnect your facebook account from your phone (That is constantly pulling data which is a main cause of battery drain).
Also, If you just got the phone I'm sure you are using it a ton which may drop off as time goes on (Once you get used to having this amazing mini computer in your pocket lol) which will drop the battery usage that display uses.

I also use "Data counter widget" because the native data counter bonkers :-(
There are Engadget, xda and Facebook apps in the store.
For internet tethering I use PdaNet - great app!
PowerAMP is my favorite music player. Haven't played much with it though.
QuickDic as dictionary.
QuickPic is okay, I use native Gallery.
Shakespeare App is great. All his books for free!
Widgetsoid to create my own widgets. Like it alot.
As for games I'm currently looking for a strong mills game. I have downloaded all mills game from the store but they all suck. Way too easy. The same for "Stratego" clone Legions...nice, but way too easy...
iPhone has a better choice for apps...really sucks

miketoasty said:
Also, If you just got the phone I'm sure you are using it a ton which may drop off as time goes on (Once you get used to having this amazing mini computer in your pocket lol) which will drop the battery usage that display uses.
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That is surely true..
But I dont think we Milestone 2 users are gonna see a custom ROM anytime soon... though m keeping my fingers crossed...
@oTToToTenTanz: Data counter is a good suggestion.. m nt too keen on games (except for angry birds) as I use my PSP for that...

Suggest me some lightweight ROMs

Hello all, I know you'd tell me to use the Search Tool and I did but I don't have the time to try each and every ROM this forum has to offer.
At the moment I am using "MoDaCo Custom Froyo ROM for the HTC Legend"
I have all the stock FroYo apps +
Alchemy
App2SD
AppBrain
Barcode Scnaner
Dolphin Browser HD
Dropbox
Easy Filter
Facebook
Gmail v2
Handscent
JuiceDefender with Ultimate Juice
Maps v5
Market
MyBackupPro
ROM Manager
Swype (doesn't work for some reason)
Titanium Backup
Uninstaller
Zeam v2 (Launcher)
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(1) Anyway, I'd like a ROM which is FroYo (is Gingerbread faster?) which is faster and is possibly lighter on battery/resources. Boots real quick and is snappy fast. HTC Sense is not necessary as I use the Zeam Launcher (really good launcher, indeed.) I use only one home screen and no widgets.
(2) I don't even use the stock applications like App Sharing, Desk Clock, FM Radio, Footprints, Friend Stream, Latitude, "Learn More", Navigation, News and Weather, Peep, Places, Quickoffice, Stocks, Flickr, Adobe Reader, Teeter, Wi-Fi Hotspot.
(I know I can use Titanium Backup to remove these apps but I'd still like a ROM which would come without at least most of these apps)
(3) I don't use 3G or EDGE; just GPRS and WiFi
Secondly, any app suggestions?
EDIT: "[ROM] B 0.6 based on stock HTC FroYo (01/14/2011)" looks really cool but the apparent WiFi problems are holding me back. Can anyone confirm that it doesn't exist or if there is a work around?

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Stick to CM6 stable that's as snappy as you get on Legend

I had flashed CM some while back, there was a Market issue. Does that still exist?

As per your request, I am here
BlaY0's ROM is good, the wifi issue isn't present for me. CM6.1 has no market issues, just remember to flash it (gapps). I am using CM7 #13 at the moment, it's real smooth. Faster, JIT works propery. The battery life for me is about 15 hrs (YMMV). I can get 2 days over the weekend (ironically I use my phone less over the weekend).
Hope this helps,
GrammarMan out

Thank you, both of you! "Thank'd"

Top 10 Apps you cannot live without!

Hey,
Here you can write the top 10 apps you can't live without. Also if you want, you can add a brief description of what this app does,
Purpose is mainly to kill time ;P but also learn about new apps which someone may not have heard about. You can experiment more with a larger variety of apps and maybe increase your battery time even more, or get a fast internet browser etc etc..
Oh and please write the names of your apps as they are on Google play, so it easy to find. And if it's an app outside of google play, provide with a link too.
You can just write 10 apps/games/whatnots, there is no system here that first one is the favourite one, but it'll probably be your favourite since you thought about that app first But 10 isn't necessary, just write what apps you like and maybe you can add them later
I guess i'll start..
1. Go Launcher EX. - very good customixable launcher with many features.
2. File Manager (Rhythm Software) - best file manager i've had yet.
3. Airdroid - With this you can transfer files between PC, very fast! Handy to have incase your USB cable has gone faulty
4. Titanium Backup Pro. - Great app to have if you're a flashaholic. Backups apps and data for later to be restored after a factory reset or new rom
5. FML Official. - good app to kill some time by reading about fails that people have done :laugh:
6. Adfree by BigTinCan - good app to get rid of ads.
7. Kingsoft Office. - excellent document reader.
8. Greenify (Donate). - Best task manager of its kind
9. iGag. - 9gag viewer, better then the official according to me. (but with ads)
10. avast! Mobile security & antivirus. - The best (free) antivirus app out there, with some handy features too!
Good luck with writing this, it took me about 13 mins to write all

1. XDA premium. Won't have tot explain why
2. Sygic mobile navigator. Offline navigation cheap and great.
3. Mobile banking software
4. Nova launcher. It's my favorite
5. Rainy days. Great tot see if you keep it dry
6. Flashlight.
7. Strava cycling. (Just started)
8. Ted conferences (Nice to see soms great ideas)
9. Spotify Nice lo listen tot music
10. Whatsapp. Don't we all Chat
Bonus.
Poweramp (payed). Real Nice mp3 player.
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1.XDA app
2.Facebook
3.Whatsapp
4.Viber
5.Pinterest
6.Skype
7.Airdroid
8.Dolphin Browser
9.MX Player
10.Flashlight
I hope I dont need to explain what they do..Every1 knows them for sure..
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lol what a thread man... apps can't live without..
I can live without apps..but my phone needs following apps to live happily
1. messaging
2.dialer
3.camera
4.browser
5.some weather app
my favorite apps
1. camera 360
2.yandex launcher
3. mx player.

can we consider those as incontournable ?
contacts/phone/sms - and any launcher you prefer
so 10 apps for me :
touchwizz or trebuchet , depend of rom.
tapatalk to follow XDA threads essentialy but others forums too
rootexplorer
droidsshd to open WINSCP on my PC
google play music
viper4android to have a good sound but i prefer xda thead from @zhuhang
camera (with mod shutter sound On/Off)
BoatBrowserMini
Snapdragon™ BatteryGuru
and i can forget only one mod on all roms if possible : BackToKill mod
thanks for the idea of this thread.

1) Sygic (offline navigation)
2) Swipepad (great for multitasking)
3) Greenify (battery saver - root needed)
4) Better Battery Stats (for checking wakelocks etc. - root needed)
5) Adfree (ad blocker - root needed)
6) LBE Security Master (antivirus with other very usefull tools - root needed)
7) Titanium Backup (for backing up apps - root needed)
8) Screen Filter (reduce the brightness and reduce battery usage)
9) Android Weather (nice, extensive weather app)
10) Whatsapp (most common messaging app, at least for me)

1. WhatsApp
2. Instagram
3. YouTube
4. Facebook
5. Vine
6. SoundCloud
7. Chrome
8. AdAway
9. Play Music
10. Waze

1. Opera
2. Skype
3. DriveDroid
4. xda
5. Chrome
6. ES File Explorer
7. Task Manager
8. ttorrent
9. Twitch
10. Youtube

YouTube
Whatsapp+
XDA
Facebook
Facbook messenger
App extractor
Gsam battery monitor
Sony walkman
Root browser
Blacked out gmail

1. Dailer
2. Contacts
3. Browser (Anyone, AOSP version preferably)
4. Whatspp
5. Google Keep
6. Google Music (Any music player really...)
7. MX Player
8. Root Explorer (By Speed Software. One of the first rootexplorers ever released. Used it for 3 years already...)
9. Youtube
10. ROM Control LOL

In no particular order:-
Ti
PowerAmp
Root Explorer
BGNJ
Tweetcaster
Navigon
SuperSU
Firefox
DopeWars
Google Calendar
Amazed only one person so far has mentioned Ti. I'd suggest a lot of people who should know a lot better aren't backing stuff up regularly that being the case.

In no particular order :
1. Tapatalk
2. Opera (classic)
3. Beautiful widgets
4. YouTube
5. mVideoPlayer
6. PowerAmp
7. Torch
8. Root explorer
9. mTorrent
10. Adfree
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MistahBungle said:
In no particular order:-
Ti
PowerAmp
Root Explorer
BGNJ
Tweetcaster
Navigon
SuperSU
Firefox
DopeWars
Google Calendar
Amazed only one person so far has mentioned Ti. I'd suggest a lot of people who should know a lot better aren't backing stuff up regularly that being the case.
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Been flashing roms long enough and learned one thing. Dont get attached to anything on the phone

Top 10?!!!......
Adobe AIR 3.8.0.87
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Reader 10.6.1
Advanced Task Killer Free 1.9.7B103
Aldiko Premium 2.2.3
Argos 1.3.1
BBC iPlayer 1.7.0.112
BBC Media Player 2.1.1
BBC News 2.4.4 UK
BBC Radio Player 5.6
BBC Sport 1.3.0
BBC Weather 1.0.6
Beautiful Widgets Animations Addon 1.04
BeautifulWidgets 5.3.1
Bump 3.6.9
CamScanner 2.5.0.20130711
Chrome 28.0.1500.94
CS Portable 3020
Dead Trigger 1.8.2
Drive 1.2.228.32
DuckDuckGo 2.0.30
Earth 7.1.1.1781
Engadget 1.8.1.15
Facebook 3.5
FINAL FANTASY III 1.0.5
Flipboard 2.0.7
Galcon 1.9.13
Google Keyboard 1.0.1870.703320
Google Sky Map 1.6.4
Great Big War Game 1.4.8
GTA III 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY 1.4
Guardian 2.6.3
Gumtree 1.11.0
Huffington Post 11.4.0
IMDb 3.3.1.103310110
iPlayer Radio 1.1.2
Lookout 8.19.2
MC3 1.1.3
MechCom 1.3
Messenger 2.6.1
Minecraft - Pocket Edition
Mobile Odin
N.O.V.A. 3 1.0.5
Nova Launcher 2.2
Nova Launcher Prime 1.1
Nzb Leech+ 1.4.3
OpenVPN for Android 0.5.40
Perfect Viewer 2.0.3.2
Real Racing 3 1.2.0
Rebirth 1.2
Respawnables 1.5.5
Skype 4.0.0.22082
Speed Test 2.0.9
Splashtop Remote 1.6.6.5
Stark (theme) 1.4.7
StumbleUpon 3.1.4
SwiftKey 4.1.3.149
Titanium Backup PRO 1.2.3
Triangle Away
TV Guide 1.2.1
Twitter 4.1.4
Unified Remote 2.9.1
Vendetta Online 1.8.259
Visualiser 2.0.A.0.11
WALKMAN 5.1.A.0.13
Waze 3.7.2.0
Wifi Analyzer 3.6.2
xda premium 2.2.1
Yell 3.9.1.1
Zedge 3.5
Zynga Poker 6.54
Well, not quite 10 but close!
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1. Whatsapp
2. Reddit Sync
3. Dolphin (or any other browser)
4. Adfree
5. PixlrExpress
6. Greenify
7. TubeMap
8. Clean Music
9. Lux Dash
10. Google Maps

Google Chrome
Poweramp
Next Launcher 3D
Titanium Backup Pro
iGo primo
Es file explorer
Shazam
Quickoffice Pro
Airdroid
RealCalc Plus
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1. Go Launcher
2 Titanium BAckup
3. Root explorer
4. airdroid
5. Google chrome
6. CoPilot
7. hovering controls
8. swiftkey
9. juice defender
10 SuperSU (ofcourse!)
no order here actually either.
And thx guys i actually found out about apps which i have installed and am now using through this thread!
Thx OP and contributers

MistahBungle said:
BGNJ
Amazed only one person so far has mentioned Ti. I'd suggest a lot of people who should know a lot better aren't backing stuff up regularly that being the case.
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Mate, what is BGNJ?
I would write Ti but i forgot it when writing in OP :laugh:
mckeowngoo said:
Top 10?!!!......
Adobe AIR 3.8.0.87
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Reader 10.6.1
Advanced Task Killer Free 1.9.7B103
Aldiko Premium 2.2.3
Argos 1.3.1
BBC iPlayer 1.7.0.112
BBC Media Player 2.1.1
BBC News 2.4.4 UK
BBC Radio Player 5.6
BBC Sport 1.3.0
BBC Weather 1.0.6
Beautiful Widgets Animations Addon 1.04
BeautifulWidgets 5.3.1
Bump 3.6.9
CamScanner 2.5.0.20130711
Chrome 28.0.1500.94
CS Portable 3020
Dead Trigger 1.8.2
Drive 1.2.228.32
DuckDuckGo 2.0.30
Earth 7.1.1.1781
Engadget 1.8.1.15
Facebook 3.5
FINAL FANTASY III 1.0.5
Flipboard 2.0.7
Galcon 1.9.13
Google Keyboard 1.0.1870.703320
Google Sky Map 1.6.4
Great Big War Game 1.4.8
GTA III 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY 1.4
Guardian 2.6.3
Gumtree 1.11.0
Huffington Post 11.4.0
IMDb 3.3.1.103310110
iPlayer Radio 1.1.2
Lookout 8.19.2
MC3 1.1.3
MechCom 1.3
Messenger 2.6.1
Minecraft - Pocket Edition
N.O.V.A. 3 1.0.5
Nova Launcher 2.2
Nova Launcher Prime 1.1
Nzb Leech+ 1.4.3
OpenVPN for Android 0.5.40
Perfect Viewer 2.0.3.2
Real Racing 3 1.2.0
Rebirth 1.2
Respawnables 1.5.5
Skype 4.0.0.22082
Speed Test 2.0.9
Splashtop Remote 1.6.6.5
Stark (theme) 1.4.7
StumbleUpon 3.1.4
SwiftKey 4.1.3.149
Titanium Backup PRO 1.2.3
Triangle Away
TV Guide 1.2.1
Twitter 4.1.4
Unified Remote 2.9.1
Vendetta Online 1.8.259
Visualiser 2.0.A.0.11
WALKMAN 5.1.A.0.13
Waze 3.7.2.0
Wifi Analyzer 3.6.2
xda premium 2.2.1
Yell 3.9.1.1
Zedge 3.5
Zynga Poker 6.54
Well, not quite 10 but close!
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Wow, kinda not the purpose of only 10 apps but i understand, android is beautiful!

0.Apex Launcher
1.Dialer
2.Contacts
3.Root Browser
4.Fancy Widgets
5.iGO
6.KaitenMail
7.Browser
8.Missed Call Reminder
9.Viber
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Pocket
Titanium BAckup
SuperSU
Google maps
Gmail
Evernote
YouTube
Es file explorer
mx player
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