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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.
Sent from my DROID2 using XDA App
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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.
Sent from my WICKED FAST Droid 2 Global with fission using XDA app

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...

Apps appear on notification / status bar after restoring to factory settings

I was having trouble with apps so I restored the phone to factory settings.
When I'd finished restoring using MyBackups and the Google account, I noticed that, when I pulled down the status bar, below the line of last used apps were 6 apps icons and labels. I thought they'd go away when I restarted the phone but they don't - they are permanently there.
Just to make it clear, I'm not talking about the recently used apps which appear in a horizontal line of 8 apps. This is a column of 6 apps each taking up one line.
Always the same 6 apps:
Notepad
MPE Tasks
MPE Notes
HP ePrint Home&Biz
File Expert
Driod 2 CAD
See the screen shot attached.
I can't find a way of getting rid of them and can't find out why they are there.
I've searched the forum but all I can find is discussions about removing the recently used app line, not this problem.
Definitely odd! Has anyone come across this or got any ideas? Unless someone has, I guess that the next step is to uninstall and reinstall them and see what happens?
Brian

Just a gues but maybe you installed an app that does bad things to your dhd so find that app and uninstall it ?

Apps still appear on notification / status bar (after restoring to factory settings)
Update:
I've uninstalled Notepad which was the first of the apps but it didn't disappear from the notification area until I restarted the phone. Then it went OK. I then reinstalled Notepad and the app reappeared in the notification area so, that didn't work.
Yes, there must be either a faulty app or something wrong with the setup of the phone that is keeping the app shortcut there.
I guess that my only solutions are:
1 Put up with it.
2 Restore to factory settings again and hope it gets back to normal but that's a lot of hassle.
3 Delete and reinstall each app in turn until I find one that removes the problem. That's a task and a half as I have loads of apps installed (and they are all established ones with 4 - 5 stars).
4 Can anyone suggest anything else or a suspect app for this type of behaviour?
Thanks
Brian

Could be a rouge application hijacking your status bar every time you restart your phone. If your rooted do a nandroid, flash a new ROM and see if the issue persists (obviously reinstall each app, after each app install restart and see what happens)
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Haha, sensible advice but . . .
I have about 120 apps so that would take light years! Also, I'm not rooted. Thanks for the suggestions though.
The odd thing is that I've had all the apps installed before without probs & I've looked at each one to see if they are the slight bit dodgy - none. Or the type that could affect the status bar - only one (Elixir) which I've uninstalled to test it. It isn't the problem.
I've sent a message to HTC but no reply yet. I have a horrible feeling that I'll have to reformat again but I don't know if I'll end up with the same problem. Do you think an upgrade to ICS later might sort it?
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Might do actually! Normally when they release a new update they fix a s**t ton of bugs so yeah an update to ICS might just fix it for you
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Can you go to Play Store>Installed apps, take screenshots page by page of all the apps in that list and put them here? Or put them in a Dropbox folder and link to it. You can also to to the Google Play website on your computer, go to 'My Android apps' and take screenshots of each page there.
I'm guessing you have an app, some kind of quick shortcut app that's putting these shortcuts in your notification bar as a persistent notification. You've forgotten about the app or didn't realise what it was before installing it. Me or someone will look through your list for such an app and tell you.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

Apps still appear on notification / status bar (after restoring to factory settings)
Hi Sashank
Yes, I'm sure you are right but, I don't have the knowledge to jusge which one it is. I have tried uninstalling a couple of the more obvious ones without success.
I've used App Referrer and deleted the Play Store links to leave the names (except where the names are identical). The phone is not rooted and, as you'll see from the list, I'm in the UK.
List of apps installed or native ones updated:
AA
AA B&B Guide
AA Days Out Guide
AA Pub Guide
AA Restaurant Guide
Agenda Widget Plus
AK Notepad
Aldiko
Amazon Kindle
Andoku 2 Free
Android System Info
AndroidSync Manager
AndroZip
App Backup & Restore
App Referrer
App2SD
AppBrain App Market
ASTRO
Audio Manager
Backgammon Free
Barcode Scanner
Bat Stat
Battery Monitor Widget
BBC iPlayer
BMW Icons - Transparent
Business Calendar
BusMapper London
Calculator
Calendar Snooze
CalenGoo
Call Confirm
CamScanner
Changelog Droid
Chrome to Phone
Clinometer
Cloud Print
ClubLocator
Contact Analyzer 2
Contact Remover
Contacts Plus
Cool Reader
Countdown Widget
CurrentWidget
Days Out
Default App Manager
DOF Calculator
Droid 2 CAD
DroidStats
Dropbox
EasyReader - UK News
eBay
Elixir
Elixir Widget
Expedia
F1 Calendar
Fast Reboot
FBReader
File Expert
File Manager
Fing - Network Tools
Folder Organizer
Freeview HD
GNotes
Google Sky Map
GPS Essentials
GPS Status
GTasks
gUnit Lite
HP ePrint Home&Biz
HTC Sync
Increasing Ring
JuicePlotter
JustUK Area Codes
KeePassDroid
Kobo
Libra
Libra Plugin: Pro
LinkedIn
Listen
LiveSports24 F1™ Racing
Local Traffic - England
Log2Calendar
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.tripadvisor.android.apps.cityguide.london
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.visualit.tubeLondonCity
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.visualit.zuti.AZVisitor
London Transport Free
Mail
My O2
MyBackup Pro
MyPhoneExplorer Client
National Trust
Navfree World
Network Signal Info
Network Speed
Notepad
OI File Manager
Opera Mobile
OS Atlas
Post Office
Rain Alarm
Rainwatch
Rainy Days
Scrabble
Scrabble Expert
Scrabble Helper Pro
Sensorly
Setting Profiles Lite
Shopper
Silent Boot
Smart Monitor Lite
Status Bar 2G-3G Lite
System Tuner
SystemPanel
Text Edit
Total Commander
Train Tickets
Travel News
vConvertIt
WeatherBug
WeatherBug Locator
WhatGas Petrol Prices Pro
Widgetsoid
Wifi Analyzer
WiFi Manager
WiFinder
Wikidroid
XDA
Yell
Zoner AntiVirus Free
Thanks for looking at the apps list and I hope you have some ideas. I'm trying to avoid a hard reset as it always takes me so long to get everything back to how I like it.
Actually, on that subject, is there a way of backing up and restoring the email settings - I have 6 - 7 accounts and not only does it take ages to reset that lot but I always struggle to get the colours the same as previously. MyBackup Pro is good but doesn't seem to restore the email settings.
Many thanks.
Brian

Batxda said:
Hi Sashank
Yes, I'm sure you are right but, I don't have the knowledge to jusge which one it is. I have tried uninstalling a couple of the more obvious ones without success.
I've used App Referrer and deleted the Play Store links to leave the names (except where the names are identical). The phone is not rooted and, as you'll see from the list, I'm in the UK.
List of apps installed or native ones updated:
AA
AA B&B Guide
AA Days Out Guide
AA Pub Guide
AA Restaurant Guide
Agenda Widget Plus
AK Notepad
Aldiko
Amazon Kindle
Andoku 2 Free
Android System Info
AndroidSync Manager
AndroZip
App Backup & Restore
App Referrer
App2SD
AppBrain App Market
ASTRO
Audio Manager
Backgammon Free
Barcode Scanner
Bat Stat
Battery Monitor Widget
BBC iPlayer
BMW Icons - Transparent
Business Calendar
BusMapper London
Calculator
Calendar Snooze
CalenGoo
Call Confirm
CamScanner
Changelog Droid
Chrome to Phone
Clinometer
Cloud Print
ClubLocator
Contact Analyzer 2
Contact Remover
Contacts Plus
Cool Reader
Countdown Widget
CurrentWidget
Days Out
Default App Manager
DOF Calculator
Droid 2 CAD
DroidStats
Dropbox
EasyReader - UK News
eBay
Elixir
Elixir Widget
Expedia
F1 Calendar
Fast Reboot
FBReader
File Expert
File Manager
Fing - Network Tools
Folder Organizer
Freeview HD
GNotes
Google Sky Map
GPS Essentials
GPS Status
GTasks
gUnit Lite
HP ePrint Home&Biz
HTC Sync
Increasing Ring
JuicePlotter
JustUK Area Codes
KeePassDroid
Kobo
Libra
Libra Plugin: Pro
LinkedIn
Listen
LiveSports24 F1™ Racing
Local Traffic - England
Log2Calendar
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.tripadvisor.android.apps.cityguide.london
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.visualit.tubeLondonCity
London - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.visualit.zuti.AZVisitor
London Transport Free
Mail
My O2
MyBackup Pro
MyPhoneExplorer Client
National Trust
Navfree World
Network Signal Info
Network Speed
Notepad
OI File Manager
Opera Mobile
OS Atlas
Post Office
Rain Alarm
Rainwatch
Rainy Days
Scrabble
Scrabble Expert
Scrabble Helper Pro
Sensorly
Setting Profiles Lite
Shopper
Silent Boot
Smart Monitor Lite
Status Bar 2G-3G Lite
System Tuner
SystemPanel
Text Edit
Total Commander
Train Tickets
Travel News
vConvertIt
WeatherBug
WeatherBug Locator
WhatGas Petrol Prices Pro
Widgetsoid
Wifi Analyzer
WiFi Manager
WiFinder
Wikidroid
XDA
Yell
Zoner AntiVirus Free
Thanks for looking at the apps list and I hope you have some ideas. I'm trying to avoid a hard reset as it always takes me so long to get everything back to how I like it.
Actually, on that subject, is there a way of backing up and restoring the email settings - I have 6 - 7 accounts and not only does it take ages to reset that lot but I always struggle to get the colours the same as previously. MyBackup Pro is good but doesn't seem to restore the email settings.
Many thanks.
Brian
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Holy crap that's a long list! Possibly the reason your status bar is messed up
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Yes, that's true but it was all working OK until I reset it.
B
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[INFO] MotoACTV Working Apps Thread!

This thread will be a list of known working apps for the Motorola MotoACTV!
Launchers:
ADW Launcher
Honeycomb Launcher
Go Launcher
Launcher Pro
Lightning Launcher
Smart Launcher Pro
VTLauncher
Zeam
Communication:
Enhanced E-mail
Google Voice (Voicemail, Text)
Skype Lite
Text+
Facebook Messenger
GrooveIP
Browsers:
Boat Browser
Dolphin mini (Syncs with favorites of standard browser, offers gesture based URL commands)
Firefox
Maxthon
Games:
Angry Birds
Angry Birds Space
Lamascope (Trippy, customizable, interactive, visual toy.)
NESoid
SNESoid
MSX.Emu
Fruit Ninja (Perfect except fruits are a little small to hit. No lag.)
Lunar Lander - works better if you change button size
Flow Free
Flow Free Bridges
Copter Classic
Gameboid
Gbcoid
N64oid
Gensoid
Blood and Glory
Osmos
Super Stick Golf
Raging Thunder 1 and 2
Pixel Rain
Super Snake
Graphics:
SketchBook Mobile (Awesome art app, make new wallpapers or quick little sketches. pinch-to-zoom/pan works!)
Quickpic
File Managers:
Astro File Explorer
ES File Explorer
Root Browser - works, but kinda hard to see things because of ad at bottom
Utilities:
Android WiFi Tether Ver. 2.0.7/8X. (supports bluetooth tether connection if you are not using the Motoactv app. Note: Do not use versions higher than 2.0.7/8X, bluetooth not supported past 2.0.7/8X.)
AnyCut
AirDroid
Button Savior
Blade Buddy
Calculator.apk (from CM 7, Have the coolest calculator watch around.)
ColorNote Notepad Notes (Free. Color coded sticky note and checklists w/ widgets.)
Dropbox
Easypad - notepad widget
ES Task Manager
Free Power Widget
Gallery3D.apk (from Cyanogenmod 7.1 for the Motorola Droid. This app will allow you to view pictures and change wallpaper to downloaded images)
GScript
Google Tracks
LCD Density Changer (try setting to 90s - low 100s for best results, default is 120)
Nook Color Tether (Bluetooth tether provides low power internet connectivity thru your cell. Confirmed Pairing w/ Evo4G running CM7.1)
PicSpeed Wallpapers (requires WiFi to get new wallpapers)
Rdio
Rom Toolbox
RootDim (it can turn off backlight, great battery saver with screen on)
Titanium Backup
Ultimate Rotation Control
Widget Locker - For custom lock screens, works better if you change the anchor settings to make the screen a grid, and allow widget overlay
WiFi Manager
WiFi Kill
zMooth root (provides Home, Back, and Menu buttons onscreen)
Music / Video:
Google Music
Mobo Player (Note: does not work with density set below 120)
Netflix
Pandora
Plex media streamer (Stream media off home PC to Motoactv)
SiriusXM Radio (after generating an IMEI number)
Spotify
Spirit FM Unlocked
Rdio
YouTube
PowerAmp
Wimp
Media Remote (remotely change songs on your phone from your watch)
Winamp Pro 1.4.13 - works fine (plays folders, changes presets etc)
MX Player Pro 1.7.20 (neon) - works in SW mode (not sure if HW decoding is available on MotoACTV in general)
Social Networks
Facebook app
Widgets:
Beautiful Widgets
ClocQ
Grid Clock Widget
HD Widgets
Simple Digital Clock Widget
Markets:
Amazon App Store
Google Play Store
Keyboards:
Flit Keyboard
Graffiti
Wiimote Controller (for playing emulators)
ICS Keyboard
GPS:
Sygic Navigation
Waze Social Navigation app
GPS Test
GPS Status
TrekBuddy
CoPilot Live
Maverick
Navigon (set dpi to 100 to accept EULA, then set back)
Productivity:
Kingsoft Office/Polaris Office
Touchdown
Fitness:
Endomondo (works, but does not see ANT devices)
Runtastic
Alcodroid (not sure what other category it would fall under)
miCoach 2.2.5380 - needs low dpi to log in, no HRM
Miscellaneous:
XDA App
Tasks Free
Seven+wp7 Calculator - not the best as it shows scientific and regular at once, so buttons are small, but works
Stopwatch & Timer
Speedtest.net app
Wobble

Thanks, could you please post the collection in zip.Much appreciate

It's not a collection of apps, it's a list of working apps. Posting them would probably result in a copyright violation of some sort. They're all available on the play store, most for free.
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some more I have found:
games:
lunar lander-works better if you change button size
flow free
flow free bridges
copter classic
apps/utilities:
Google play music
power amp
root browser-works, but kinda hard to see things because of ad at bottom
rom toolbox-includes root browser, and many other helpful utilities with no ads
widget locker-for custom lock screens, works better if you change the anchor settings to make the screen a grid, and allow widget overlay
blade buddy-various utilities
easypad-notepad widget
ice cream sandwich keyboard
seven+wp7 calculator-not the best as it shows scientific and regular at once, so buttons are small, but works
simple digital clock widget-works great except that it only has 24h
stopwatch & timer

Lizards said:
some more I have found:
games:
lunar lander-works better if you change button size
flow free
flow free bridges
copter classic
apps/utilities:
Google play music
power amp
root browser-works, but kinda hard to see things because of ad at bottom
rom toolbox-includes root browser, and many other helpful utilities with no ads
widget locker-for custom lock screens, works better if you change the anchor settings to make the screen a grid, and allow widget overlay
blade buddy-various utilities
easypad-notepad widget
ice cream sandwich keyboard
seven+wp7 calculator-not the best as it shows scientific and regular at once, so buttons are small, but works
simple digital clock widget-works great except that it only has 24h
stopwatch & timer
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Games:
Gameboid
gbcoid
n64oid
snesoid
gensoid
copter
blood and glory
Osmos
super stick golf
raging thunder 1 and 2
pixel rain
super snake
Apps:
ColorNotes
quickpic
widgetlocker
text+
Gingerbread music app

Nice
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Useful thread. A moderator should have this becone a sticky and periodically accumulate posts into the OP.

ronaldheld said:
Useful thread. A moderator should have this becone a sticky and periodically accumulate posts into the OP.
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I second

speedyink said:
Games:
Gameboid
gbcoid
n64oid
snesoid
gensoid
copter
blood and glory
Osmos
super stick golf
raging thunder 1 and 2
pixel rain
super snake
Apps:
ColorNotes
quickpic
widgetlocker
text+
Gingerbread music app
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Add "Wimp" to list. It is app like "Spotify" and "Deezer".

Would be good to state the fitness apps also
Unfortunately ZombiesRun does not work...
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ghostek said:
Add "Wimp" to list. It is app like "Spotify" and "Deezer".
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remmyhi said:
Would be good to state the fitness apps also
Unfortunately ZombiesRun does not work...
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Added Wimp, and if someone shows some fitness apps, we can certainly add them!

ClearD said:
Added Wimp, and if someone shows some fitness apps, we can certainly add them!
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Endomondo and Runtastic work. I don't exactly know how well since I don't keep track of my fitness. However I do know they install, run and can be used on the motoactv's screen/density. My Youtube subscribers wanted me to post a video of these apps so that's why I know =P

speedyink said:
Endomondo and Runtastic work. I don't exactly know how well since I don't keep track of my fitness. However I do know they install, run and can be used on the motoactv's screen/density. My Youtube subscribers wanted me to post a video of these apps so that's why I know =P
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Created "Fitness" area, and added them both!

Endomondo works but doesn't find ant devices. I don't know why
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ghostek said:
Endomondo works but doesn't find ant devices. I don't know why
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Added that information.

ClearD said:
Created "Fitness" area, and added them both!
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I use Alcodroid on my MotoACTV, and I consider it a "Fitness" app.

scottay said:
I use Alcodroid on my MotoACTV, and I consider it a "Fitness" app.
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Lmao! I guess it would be fitness related... Also, added Media Remote (an app that allows you to change songs on your phone from your watch via bt)

Google Music doesn't work anymore, you can't get past the start screen