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Favorite underrated app

I realize this has been done 5,619 times before, but its something that is everchanging (like the android market)
Im always on the lookout for new apps. Theres probably a lot of great stuff out there that alot of people probably havnt heard about because they havnt really been discovered yet, or word of mouth just never circulated.
Im starting this thread with the intention of us sharing our favorite apps in hopes that we will find some new stuff based on what other users have used. I'll break it up into genre and we can list more than one in each category if you have one. List your primary app for each genre, and put a * next to any app you feel is great but a lot of people may not know about, and put an explanation and what you feel makes it good. Ill start with what I have:
Home Replacement/Launcher:
Primary - LauncherPro
Others - ADWLauncher
Sweeter Home*: Not available on Android market, but is a great project for an user who is OCD and wants to customize every little detail about their home screens. www.sweeterhome.com
Music Player:
Primary - Meridian Hermit*: Great U.I., allows for tag editing, good looking widgets in multiple sizes
Others - MixZing*: Very good looking U.I., tag editing, equalizer, lock screen player, fantastic widgets...some features are only available in the pro version which unfortunately costs $6
TuneWiki
Keyboard
Primary - Swype
Others - Better Keyboard
Facebook
Primary - Bloo 1.5*: I believe this is hands-down the best fbook app for android. The UI is a little weak but it makes up for it with direct notifications for EVERYTHING an you can choose how often to check for notifications, and version 1.5 has a perfectly functional facebook chat feature (unfortunately 1.5 is not available on the market, but 1.4.4 is)
Texting
Primary - Handcent
Others - ChompSMS
Browser
Primary - Dolphin Browser HD
Twitter
Primary - TweetCaster*: Excellent UI and scrollable widget
Task Killers
Primary - Process Manager*: Dont think its available on the market anymore, but has a GREAT widget that I use
Others - Autostarts
AutoKiller (Root required)
RSS/Podcasts
Primary - DoggCatcher*: The only reason this is my primary is because it has a GREAT podcast player and allows for downloading content, UI is a little shoddy
Others - BlueRSS*: Friendly UI, scrollable widget
Organization
Desktop Visualizer
Folder Organizer
File Explorer
Linda File Manager

Music Player: Winamp
Keyboard: SwiftKey
Twitter (Or statuses in general): TweetDeck
.. Maybe you could include a link to the app via AppBrain or something to make it easier for users to learn more about the app? And Task Killers aren't needed, if I was OP i would remove that but hey its whatever. I don't condone using task killers since they make your phone perform worse.

iheartradio: used to be crappy. Now with latest update I get all my talk radio on my Vibrant.

Tune in radio
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

I followed your general format
Home Replacement/Launcher:
Primary - LauncherPro Plus
Others - AOSP Home: I use Bionix Fusion. It came with AOSP Home over
ADW Launcher: I don't use it... Not sure why I have it
SlideScreen: It's pretty cool to use sometimes... If I ever design an Android device for Business Power users, I'd definitely have a contract with these guys for the default home screen (it would be changeable in settings, of course.)
Music Player:
Primary - MixZing: mostly for what you said.
Others - Winamp: Because it's freaking WinAmp! I couldn't resist the "nostalgia" from 8 years ago lol
Keyboard
Primary - Swype
Facebook/Twitter
Primary - TweetDeck*: After the addition of Widgets, TweetDeck became nearly perfect for me. Now if only I could turn all notifications off at once...
Texting
I use Stock MMS (Not TouchWiz, I mean AOSP MMS)
Browser
Primary - Firefox: Because it's Firefox
Others - Dolphin Browser (Regular)
Skyfire: They're both pretty quick and easy to use, but I like Firefox more
Task Killers
Google told me not to use Task Killers
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/04/multitasking-android-way.html
RSS/Podcasts
Primary - iTunes and my iDevice*: Because it's perfect for it... most podcasts are designed for use with iTunes, it's just so easy.
Others - Listen*: Because Google made it?
File Explorer
Root Explorer

Home Replacement/Launcher:
Primary - LauncherPro Plus
Music Player:
Primary - CM6
Keyboard:
Primary - Multi-Touch
Facebook:
Primary - Stock
Texting:
Primary - Stock
Browser:
Primary - Opera
Twitter:
Primary - Stock
Task Killer:
Primary - Stock
Recovery:
Primary - ClockworkMod
Wow.. I use allot of stock things

Just a few things to add:
1) Quickdesk -- awesome secondary homescreen that you can reach with LP on search.
2) Smart Keyboard Pro -- I just keep coming back to it. LP for alt characters, a domain button, and arrow keys. S'nice!
3) Screen Timeout Widget -- Lets you set three different screen timeout settings and toggle between them.
4) Audio Manager -- All your volume controls in one interface.

Twitter - tuoiteur (however he spells it)
Widgets - beautiful widgets 1x1 weather
File manager-root explorer
Game-flick kick
Share files-dropbox & awesome drop.
Find your phone- lookout & latitude
Music- tunein radio (amazing)

Since the topic of underated was mentioned.
I really dig Timeriffic because I set it up to adjust my volumes through out the day, which for me is very inportant becasue nothing is more annoying than having the volume loud as heck at work and quite at home when you need it loud.

Some apps I didn't see posted (or missed) that I use. Trying to list non-mainstream. Have over 200 installed right now. Add/remove several a day. Love finding that new cool app!
Utilities
Tasker - Wow, is all I can say... Can automate anything if you can figure it out.
GScript - Great for organizing scripts and running them when you need to.
SU File Manager & Terminal - Another file manager with built in terminal. Good alternative.
ConnectBot - Great terminal/SSH client. I admin my Linux servers with this.
RealCalc - Flexible alternate simple scientific calculator.
Video/Audio
Act 1 Video Player - Later versions are pretty complete.
PicSay Pro - Great photo editor for the phone.
SoundHound Pro - Figure out what a song is by humming or singing.
Amdroid - Connects to my Ampache server.
GStrings - Guitar Tuner

Thread moved to General.

Sorry this might not be the place for this question, but is thre a way to get appsharing on my Vibrant.My buddy has the EVO and has that app when he tried to send it to me i was unable to install any thoughts?

A thread about APPS... is moved from the APP SECTION?
Okay...

Home Replacement/Launcher:
Primary - LauncherPro Plus down to 4 screen. 3 filled. 1 just whenever I want to see the wallpaper lol
Others - I honestly liked the standard android one back on the g1 when I didnt need a dock
Music Player:
Primary - Pandora
Others - Winamp
Keyboard
Primary - smart keyboard pro
Facebook/Twitter
None
Texting
Primary- standard touchwiz. only dislike is cropped long messages
Browser
Primary - Standard
Others - Dolphin Browser not bad, but a few quirks i didnt like
Task Killers
None
RSS/Podcasts
None
File Explorer
Astro

I'm going to add that SoundHound is certainly not talked about enough, that app is so much better than shazam (now that I've tried it).

[ROM] MIUI_Au 1.10.8

I've released a version of the rom (which is usually only done for the HTC Desire), for the Samsung Galaxy S. As I don't have one, I can't test it, but I'm quite confident it should work fine, and I'm trying to see whether theres any interest for me to continue porting the rom to other devices.
I don't visit xda too much (otherwise I could post this in the dev section ) , so if you could direct comments or questions to the post on miui-au, that would be good.
Google miui-au if you wanna have a look (can't post links either)

Hey mate, yep keen to give your ROM a run. Will see what happens after the AB's game!
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As I said, I dont have a Galaxy S, but very little differs between roms with MIUI anyway, and I didnt include any of the more lower level hacks I have in the Desire rom, because I can't check whether theyll work.
Changelog from MIUI HQ in China:
Gallery supports using 3rd party app for playing videos
Built-in video player supports auto-orientation
Included By MIUI_Au:
4-Way Reboot MOD (thanks to roenano)
AppWidgetPicker for non-MIUI launchers (thanks to Boombuler)
Multilingual T9 dialer MOD (thanks to roenano)
Keyboard with haptic feedback fixed (thanks to MIUI-Germany)
Lennox’s SuperUser MOD to always enable asking for root permission
Lennox’s File Manager MOD for simple root operations
Lennox’s Spare Parts MOD (including many of Andy Thomson’s Extended Settings)
Andy Thomson’s Launcher Extended Settings (options in Spare Parts)
12-hour Digital Clock widgets (thanks to ghost1227)
Scrollable widgets (thanks to roee88)
Gmail with 3rd party app notification support
Fllash’s Chinese-Free Round Switches
Fllash’s White Market & Gmail notifications and Battery Bar
Numerous smali and xml hacks to improve English
Milestone ‘Lock in Memory’ Hack
HTC Sense Animations
MIUI-Au Changelog:
Gmail updated to 2.3.5.2 (with 3rd party app compatibity)
Market updated to 3.1.5
Mms user-agent and profile modified for better multimedia messaging
Black keyboard theme for those who don’t like the new loo

sweet, will give this a go

Just got this up and running. So far so good - changed the kernel to NEO v17 r17 tagged as 16 (I thnk) and BLN works from initial trials - so that's a bonus! It wasn't working very well with the other MIUI roms + NEO V17 previously.
Hope this keeps being updated

It won't be updated every week to begin with, but depending on the popularity and whether or not it actually works well, that may very well change.

The Perfect Rom

Since i have my blade i've tried almost every rom available, and i'm still not completely happy.
CM7 - definitely the best, as far as option and costumazation goes, but very slow and laggy on the blade.
GSF and every other leaked\official ZTE rom - much smoother, but still not enough for me.
There are only 2 roms which i find very fast and smooth, and they are both based on SKATE kernel. the first is WBAW's MCSF, and the second is Elitemovile's R9.
Unfortunately, they are both not developed anymore, since the developers find the blade kernel better, but for me the most important thing is the smooth scrolling which they are the best in.
The problem is that each of them has a few cons, and i think that a mix of them will be the perfect rom for me. i just don't know how to do it. so if anyone can give me tips, i'll be grateful. here are the pros and cons i've found in the roms.
MCSF Pro's
- Amazing Dolby Digital sound system. Much better sound quality and higher volume, almost twice as on other roms. As far as i know, this is exclusive to the skate kernel, so how come Elitemovile's R9 doesn't have it?
- AOSP Dialer, CM7 Keyboard and Languages, no unnecessery apps.
MCSF Cons:
- No Notification power widget.
- stock theme (not sure it's a con. i like it simple).
- no bluetooth, no tethering (not really important for me)
- no crt animation, no reboot from menu
- both roms have a problem with the back light of the buttons that goes on and off, but i don't really care for that.
Elitemovile's R9 Pros:
- Great theme, reboot from shut-down menu, CRT animations etc...
- Great notification power widget with wi-fi and rotate toggles (these 2 are the most important for me to be on notification drawer)
Elitemovils' R9 Cons:
- Lots of unuseful or apps which i don't like, not CM7 keyboard (now hebrew), no AOSP dialer, not as stable as MCSF - sometimes super smooth, somtimes a bit laggy.
- new music app - slow, heavy and sometimes the sound stutters. i tried replacing it with the old music app, and still stuttering sometimes.
- the most important - no Dolby Digital.
- no battery icon with numbers.
So if anyone can tell me how can i mix the pros from the 2 roms into one, i'll be grateful. is there anyway to port the dolby digital to the R9, or the notification power widget to MCSF, etc... if i'll be able to do it i'll be the happiest man alive (although i'll still miss the vol up\down changing songs while screen is off from CM7, which no other rom has).
Thanks, Amit

[APP] GO Launcher HD for Tablets

Check out this new launcher:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.go.launcherpad
It's GO Launcher HD designed for tablets running Android 3.x, so it runs just fine on our SGT7 if you have an ICS ROM installed (either AOKP or CM9 work just as well). You should try it if you are looking for something that looks and behaves differently than Trebuchet and its clones (Apex and Nova).
Cheers,
C.

[Q] Motorola things

Hello Everyone
I had few phones before GN4 and I gotta say, GN4 was the best thing that happened to me.
However, there is somethings that I do miss A LOT that I had in Motorola.
There was 4 things that I would love to do on my GN4, is there anyway to port those apps?
1st - Motorola Circle widgets (those were great, shows battery status, date, shorcut to missed calls, sms and even wheather)
2nd- Motorola Smartactions (It works like Llama and NFC task launcher, but more simple)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.contextual.smartrules
3rd - Motorola Driver Voice Commands (does anything you need when driving)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp
4th - Motorola Touchless Control (I know it depends on hardware aspects, but I was wondering if dedicating one core from CPU, it is possible to make it work)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.audiomonitor
Regards,

you need motorola framework for those to work. the n4 doesnt have motorola framework. so no, those apps wont work.

For the circle widget zooper has a very good copy https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zooper.zwfree