(Feel free to move/copy this to anywhere beta requests should be.)
Simon Tatham's portable puzzle collection is 27 single-player games, all automatically generated (so you never run out of puzzles). I first ported this to Android about a year ago, but that was before the Native Development Kit, so I had to use NestedVM instead, which made it slow to start a game, memory-hungry, and storage-hungry (5MB!) It was also before any keyboardless devices, so I didn't bother with any on-screen keyboard support. There was no translation support. It had a few other smaller bugs that I've left there for far too long.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce... the new, slimmer (632KB apk, 1.21MB install), faster, translatable, keyboard-enabled Puzzles. Edit: This can now be found on Android Market and on the project website.
Update: 8736.2 now includes docs in the package, without launching a Browser, which I know a lot of Market commenters wanted.
Update: 8736.3 fixes a crash on rotation during your first game.
Update: 8745.2 allows saving/loading games (on SD card). This is compatible with other platforms.
Update: 8750.2 fixes several serious bugs on Android 2.0 / Droid, and devices with small screens, and has a rewritten crash handling system to send me logs by email.
market://search/?q=pname:name.boyle.chris.sgtpuzzles
More about the project and apk download at:
http://chris.boyle.name/projects/android-puzzles
aka http://sn.im/apuz (quicker to type on the device)
GitHub:
http://github.com/chrisboyle/sgtpuzzles
If you find any problems, please reply here or ideally send me logcat / Log Collector output: [email protected]
Thanks!
Thanks!
I just installed 8736.3 and it works great. No problems so far. I really like the speed boost!
Thanks,
It works perfectly on my G2.
Removal system applications, source from 4pda.ru.
I am sure your device has a lot of applications that you do not use at all. Here is a small list of what I deleted:
GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk - Google Search
Musicplayer.apk - music player. Established a more functional.
LG Informer - routine LG
LG World - Google play similarity
Calculator - Calculator. Established a more functional.
HelpDesk - help by phone
Lg AppClub - standard software application updates
GoogleTalk - instant messaging from Google, along with the need to remove it and GoogleMail
Finance - quotes and other related currency
RemoteCall Service - Technical Support
SmartShare - standard program to transfer photos and videos
Google+ - Social Network
Google Talk and Youtube - you can install it as a normal app.
Plus, the disabled programs such as cell broadcast and wap-mail, standard keyboard .. Replaced her party Do not forget to also delete odex files with the same name!
If anybody knows what are apps that is safe to remove or freeze to free up some space and memory, then that would be nice.
By this, it can help new user who are still use the stock rom.
Which apps use on your devices?
Authenticator (think Google Authenticator)
bart mobile (when in the Bay Area)
Fiction Book Reader (for DRM-free ebooks; I've tried a few others too such as Point Reader which is different and cool)
Flashlight (does what the name implies...)
Here Drive/Transit/Maps (of course, although Here Drive pisses me off quite badly at times)
IM+ (for GTalk, Yahoo Messenger, and AIM contacts)
LinkedIn (mostly for answering messages / network requests)
Lync 2013 (for work)
Mango Transit (basically acts like the built-in Maps app but adds the ability to get directions via transit instead of only driving or walking)
MTGBugs NEXT (helpful app for Magic: the Gathering players)
My Account (T-Mobile US carrier account info app)
Netflix
OneBusAway (somewhat regional but very helpful)
oPenGP (PGP/GPG client; not great but does the job)
OverDrive (for getting e-books and e-audiobooks from the library)
Pandora (not a lot, since I have a Zune / Xbox Music pass, but sometimes)
RemoteDesktop (works fantastically)
Skype (of course)
Speedtest.net (just like the website, basically)
The SSH Client (also works great, and yes I use both RDP and SSH servers)
WTA Trailblazer (only useful if you happen to live in Washington, or want to do hikes here, but I do...)
Yelp
This is a pretty partial list - just the stuff that I use *regularly* - and excludes the following categories of apps:
Games (lots of those)
Built-in apps (I don't use all of them, but I use a lot of them)
Homebrew apps (given what I do here, this should be obvious)
#mowithlove (for giving mustache to pics)
advanced english dictionary
CamScanner (very useful app)
Flashlight XT
LazyLens(For pics effects)
Nokia smart camera
Moliplayer Pro(watching Movies)
myAppfree (daily one free app)
Nokia Mix radios
Nokia cinemagraph(Animated photoes)
Youtube HD
Lockmix (i love this app)
Most of the Nokia apps, Bing news & weather, Netflix, mytube, Hulu plus, flashlight x, swipe tunes, various games, Skype, instagram beta, tumblr, pininterest, vba8, snes8, imdb, mediafire, PayPal, Pandora, tapatalk, chronos, contacts, battery meter and baconit. Some others too
Sent from my RM-878_nam_usa_100 using Tapatalk
I've got a number of apps that I've installed but only so many I actually use...
Remoting into other computers:
TeamViewer - for when RDP doesn't want to cooperate.
ConnectMe - RDP client, kinda works...NetBIOS names seem to break on WP8.
Music&Video:
onePlayer - a decent DLNA app that kinda works (its really a WP7 app, Nokia's PlayTo does the opposite of what I want; I loved HTC's Connected Music app for WP7)
ModPhone7 - Plays tracker music (MODs, XMs, ITs, S3Ms)
WOMP - Also plays tracker music, it was the first in the store to actually work.
Sat Rad Player - An app that plays the streams from SiriusXM. Its no longer in the store AFAIK...
MPAtool - used to be homebrew for WP7, but its officially a legitamate app now. It mostly adds images from last.fm, but does a basic google image search too...
Games:
Tiny Death Star - A freemium game thats actually playable without throwing real money at it.
VGBC/VGBA/SNES8X/EmiGens/EmiPSX - Emulators that I use to kill time in public. Sometimes I wish they made a shell-like moga controller (I don't actually use these too often where I'd want to purchase one, but not all of these have support for it either...)
Internet Stuff:
UCBrowser - A "private" browser that has previously had a homebrew version for WP7. Also works for downloading stuff that IE wouldn't download.
Amazing Weather HD - Nice live tile.... Thats about it. I solely use this to check the weather. (Radar is meh in all weather apps in the store.)
SysApp Pusher - A must have for checking updates and installing apps for other OEMs.
Skype - I occasionally chat with other xda members using this, but it doesn't always work in the background.
Zinio - I have a few magazines I read using their service. Namely PCMag....
MetroTube - Some might actually object to this, but it just has always worked for me. I also had this on WP7 a year ago. I download some youtube videos using this, but I'd wish it had a transfer to music+videos option to watch it on something else or to download them to the PC.
Gasbuddy - I used to try and report gas prices to help others, but since I'm the one who does most of the driving... its not very useful unless I need to find gas in the first place.
Windows Phone Central - This is kinda the only news I read anymore. Politics and regional news is the same stuff month after month.
Tapatalk - I post here using it when I need to just do a quick update on what I'm doing or if I can actually help someone.
facebook beta - Its facebook... what more can I say about it?
wptorrent pro - a torrent app that plays movies and stuff...it shares the files to the local network via a web-server.
Lockscreen background:
Lock Manager - a visually appealing lockscreen that I can live with that has the weather in a format that doesn't take too much of the lockscreen image away.
glance background - added a monochrome version of Master Chief (John) from Halo and set it too look like it was on 8bit device
Mapping/GPS Stuff
HERE Drive+ - Annoying as h***, I use it mainly for my current part-time job and I'm beginning to feel extreme hate for it. The fact it mutes the audio when it announces things is the first annoyance instead of pausing the music or just ducking behind the music volume while announcing the directions. The second annoyance is that it doesn't announce the address right before I destinate. (at least after the last update it shows the hose number instead of just the street name.) Also, it doesn't always have the most accurate maps, its 3 years outdated in my region, so roads have been renamed and other roads have been outright closed. When not actually not on the road it tends to snap you to the road, so you could be in a parking garage where it snaps you to a road when you are actually on a different one. This app fully assumes that you are still heading the "proper" directions until it recalculates in ~5-10 seconds. All of this just makes me wish the Garmin app wasn't so darned expensive.
gMaps - I use this when Nokia Drive/Bing Maps/anything that uses the OS's maps are out of date and need to get to a missing street.
GPS Voice Navigation - I've dabbled with this a bit enough to say its nice to use, but requires data; navigating around the app isn't as straight forward as it should be.
Developer Apps:
TimeMe - a clock tile with the date, battery percentage and the current weather (just temp and status e.g. cloudy image and temp)
Native Toast Launcher - Used for launching hidden pages inside any app.
US MO Apps - for whenever I can get Fiddler to work right again...
Apps
Whatsapp
gMaps+
Yelp
TileCam <-- best live tile app! I love to see my ski resorts live cam on a tile!
Skype
Bing Weather
Bing News
Shazam
GeoPhoto
Nokia Panorama (with proxy on HTC 8x) :good:
Surfcube Browser
FlashVideo
... and my own apps
WOOPLR
Downloader Youtube of Hidrosoft developer
does anyone know a app that allows you to pin the tethering to the tiles page or some kind of widget, can't seem to find it.
hopefully someone can help.
thanks
Too bad whatsapp isn´t actively developed anymore (still no proper 8.1 support?). Does Facebook have any other plans?
I don't use apps that much, but I prefer the OS above all others
Adobe reader.
Awesome Lock (Live lock screens with weather, news).
Birdy bounce ( Old wp7 game , not in store anymore but I have the xap).
Ebay.
Facebook.
Files (File explorer).
Gizmodo (News reader).
Grapher Calculator.
Heise Online News (News reader)
Hill Climb Racing (Game).
IO Explorer (Homebrew made by XDA User).
Livedrive (same as OneDrive but then paid and 2TB).
Navigon Europe ( Best Navigation there is but real expensive).
Navigon FreshMaps XL Europe ( Map updates for Navigon).
OBD Auto Docktor (Auto Diagnostic Tool).
PayPal ( But sucks).
Preview for Developers .
SamWP8 Tools ( Homebrew by XDA User).
Skype.
Store Deals.
Tapatalk.
TeamViewer.
Twitter.
WhatsApp.
WPCentral (News reader).
WPH Tweaks (Homebrew tweaking tool).
Zombie Tsunami (Game).
From A to Z
Adobe Reader
Amazing Weather HD
Angry Birds Go
Checkers 2
Clock wp 8.1
CloudSix for dropbox
Copter Classic
Empty Tiles
Facebook Beta
Files
Find Me
Flappy Bird
Flashlight
GeoPhoto
Here Drive + ( still missing a Truck option and/or dangerous goods routes )
Lock Screen
Lumia System Updater
Lumia Storage Check Beta
Metrotube
Preview for Developers
Pushbullet Beta
Race the Stig
Stop Music
Super percentage Calculator
Tile-Clock
Torrex Pro
Transparancy Tiles
Uitslag calculator ( my private little project build by another developer, its in the store bud hidden )
WhatsApp
Wordfeud ( pirated version, the original sucs )
WP Central
2015 IIHF Powered by Skoda (Finland!!)
6tag
9gag
Counters by teenurmi (LOL)
Facebook Beta
Flashlifht XT
Geocaching live
Gestures Beta (Really useful app)
Groupon
Here Drive+, Maps, Transit (Hope that Here apps developing does not stop or decrease (no Windows Phone banner even here.com site right now ))
LinkedIn
Lumia Camera
Lumia Creative Studio
Lumia Moments
Lumia Panorama
Lumia Video Trimmer
meme Generator
MixRadio
Movie Creator Beta
Movie Maker
myTube!
Netflix
Office Lens
OneDrive
PDF Reader
Photosynth
Preview for Developers
Simple Training Timer
Skype
Speedtest.net
Spotify
Health and fitness
Translator
TuneIn Radio
Twitter
Video Tuner
Vine
WhatsApp
WhatsApp Video Optimizer
Windows Insider
WolframAlpha
#1Toolkit - tools for different quick measurements.
8 Zip - archivator app.
Cornet - good for quick network diagnosis.
Device Shot - posting a screenshot in a device of your choice .
EXIF Reader - quick photo exif data reading.
Fantastic Lock - tile for quick lock
PuTTy - the best SSH/telnet client there is on this planet.
Remote Desktop - MS RDP.
Teamviewer - if no RDP available.
Ringtone Maker
SkyMap - a cool map of the sky with realtime camera pointing and ability to show constelations and other cool stuff.
Tapatalk - for posting to this site .
Total Commander - really great dual pane file manager.
WinBox Lite - mikrotik router os basic tasks
Media Center 8.1 - great and customizable music player with flac and ogg support.
for GPS i use GPS Voice Navigation as here maps are atrocious for my region.
and the usual ones, like:
Wpcentral
Neowin
Tapatalk
Skype
Facebook
Disqus
Twitter
Viber
Messenger
Mix Radio
The most important:
6tag
Facebook
gMaps
Here Drive+
OneDrive
GDrive.NET
Lumia Camera
Messenger
OneNote
Skype
SuperTube
Uber
Hi everyone,
We've heard your feedback on making the install process of the MantaMod graphics interceptor driver easy and seamless: We've just released the MantaMod Installer app on Google Play, enabling a one-button install and uninstall of the MantaMod driver.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mantamod.app
Give it a run and drop us a note if you have any queries / thoughts!
Our earlier posts describe the current MantaMod features in more detail, and you can check out some new screenshots at www.facebook.com/mantamod
Features of the current release include enabling the following on unmodified game APKs:
- Play games in Stereoscopic 3D on your 3D TV
- Enable a Free-Camera view perspective independent of the player view
- Mod Textures, create skin-packs for your game
Cheers
The MantaMod Team
[email protected]
www.mantamod.com
Hi guys, could you suggest good, free and no-ads camera app for Fire HD 8 (2020) kids edition? Ideally, Google camera (GCam) should work fine, but I tried a few apks (found on internet) and nothing got installed.
Third party cam apps are working fine but I don't really like 'em (tried a few "best rated" or "promoted").
And we do have an issue with built-in camera app: bed outdated UI, and we're unable to get to "Photos" from cam app, it's always asking for enabling parent control (regardless is set or not).
So, to better summarize my question: is there a working GCam apk for this tablet? If you have one, please upload it here. Thanks!
First read Here
Then search Here for the APK that suits for Fire Tablet
PS: All of the APK's work, you just need to find the correct APK that suits the Architecture and the Screen DPI.
Pretty useless answer. If you can't recommend any, better to skip question.
Firstly, if you read my provided links, you'll see i did recommend a Application(Google Camera).
Secondly, the reason i explained how to get the necesary APK, is because you said " Ideally, Google camera (GCam) should work fine, but I tried a few apks (found on internet) and nothing got installed." so i was merely trying to help you out with finding the correct APK for your Device.
Try this one, it's suitable for Android 9+
Google Camera 6.2.018.232321489 APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror
Google Camera 6.2.018.232321489 APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror Free and safe Android APK downloads
www.apkmirror.com
Anyway i hope this helps you out sensboston
@ComputerTech312, first, it looks like "Google Camera" app doesn't work on Fire HD 8 Kids Edition at all; and version you've provided can't be even installed.
Second, I already resolved issue (BTW, check when I asked and you replied ) by using free, open source "Open Camera" app: this is a correct answer to my question, this app is demonstrating most closest approach to the "Google Camera" (no ads, "funky-junky" UI inventios, photos (i.e. DCAM folder) is accessible right from the camera app - i.e. exactly what I and my 6 y.o daughter wanted).
Alright, well i'm glad you found something that suits your needs