Hi,
Anyone know application like HTC Album but better?
An application that can view IMAGES and VIDEOS .. but it is finger friendly, easy to operate (zoom, delete, go back).
HTC Album is ok, but it could not view videos ... and sometimes very hard to zoom (does it really work???).
Thanks.
PocketCM image viewer IMO is the best still image viewer, unfortunately will not preview videos
I used to use HTC album, tried PocketCM picture viewer and liked it, but found it too hard to navigate. It would zoom in when I didn't want it to, change pictures accidently. Now I use A_C's S2V, really like it, quick and easy to zoom in and out with the D-pad.
Hi,
use resco photo explorer
I agree, in my opinion, S2V is the best software to view still images.
I'm not sure if there are any softwares out there made to view still images and videos. I think it's one or the other.
I use right now HTC Album 2 with SJ's Full Player plugin so I can play video directly within. Not the greatest but it will do for now.
I think the best solution is using resco photo explorer
Eyephoto's pretty good too, no video though...
Kinoma Play
I've heard good things about Kinoma Play, http://kinoma.com/play/
Being commercialware, I have yet to try it.
how can i change the sort order in HTC Album?
first image in preview is the last in explorer and so on
i would like to have it sorted upwards
gogol said:
HTC Album is ok, but it could not view videos ... and sometimes very hard to zoom (does it really work???).
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You probably have an old build of HTC Album. The stock build on my HTC Touch Cruise zoomz very easily (via touch screen and jog dial). I once tried an XDA build, but found that gestures would often cause rotation when I wanted to zoom, and zoom when I wanted to rotate.
As for videos, HTC album does preview them, but when you click on it, it opens them in Windows Media Player. Is this the behavior that you experience?
You could try the new HTC album floating around from the Opal/Manilla 2D.
is there a way to have specific folders not show up in 3d gallery
it shows every single picture on my memory card every icon or instance of one
my gallery has like 20 folders
and is lagging my 3d gallery app and deleting them messes with the app or
permanantly deletes the picture
any thoughts??
put at . in front of the folder name.
.icons
Or search your SD card and see if you can find a file called .nomedia and copy that into the directory you don't want shown
wow thank you so much 3dgallery is smokin now
there was so many stupid soundboard icons and extracted pics from bootanimations it was finding and it was taking foreverrrrrr
-removed- ;\
3D Gallery doesn't find my pictures
seanzscreams said:
is there a way to have specific folders not show up in 3d gallery
it shows every single picture on my memory card every icon or instance of one
my gallery has like 20 folders
and is lagging my 3d gallery app and deleting them messes with the app or
permanantly deletes the picture
any thoughts??
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WOW, that's strange , cause my Aria CM6 3D Gallery doesn't find any of my .jpg and I have all my pictures in the DCIM file of my microSD.
Any insight anyone? Thanks
my 3d gallery picks up pictures that are not stored on my card or phone... i am confused cause the pics that are showing i deleted last year when i had my evo shift
felixlecky said:
my 3d gallery picks up pictures that are not stored on my card or phone... i am confused cause the pics that are showing i deleted last year when i had my evo shift
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Find the folder where the photos are saved and delete the pictures you don't want.
If you want to keep them but have them hidden put a . in front of the folder name. so it shows up as .foldername. This makes it a hidden folder and most apps will not see it or its contents.
felixlecky said:
my 3d gallery picks up pictures that are not stored on my card or phone... i am confused cause the pics that are showing i deleted last year when i had my evo shift
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The images may be synced from your Google Picasa account. Go to http://picasaweb.google.com/ to see if they are there.
+ the apps are free
+ widgets, icons and the user interface is beautiful
- many Sony and Google apps have become big and heavy pigs in terms of app size as wll as memory foot-print
- user interface, settings and options have been stripped down or hidden, sometimes to a level that cripples the app
- permissions required are numerous, sometimes without any connection to the function of the app
I personally found that functionally there are sometimes better alternatives. I personally like the VLC player much better than Movies and Walkman, even though it still has some rough edges.
What clever replacements are you using for Messenger, Album, Calendar, Phonebook, Musik Player, Movies, Barcode Scanner, File Browser, Internet Browser, Contacts, Email, Maps, Notes and the likes?
Album - Quickpic
Video - MX Player, because can be used together with Bravia (HW+)
Music - PowerAmp Trial Version, it's free but trial XD But you can still used =)
File Browser - ES File Manager and X-Plore
Browser - Baidu Browser and Opera Mini
Notes - Sony Note stock and Colornote
Personally, I don't care about beautiful UI, what I need is easy and simple navigation =)
Jet Audio Plus and Root Explorer are must have apps for me, along with Chrome!
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Jet Audio Plus and Root Explorer are must have apps for me, along with Chrome!
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I tried Jet Audio. It would be a typical example of what I mean. Walkman has 11 Mb and not even half of the functionality. I am looking more for "lean" alternatives. But for someone who loves listening to music Jet Audio is a great alternative, same as PowerAmp.
Personally I don't like Chrome. I am using Dolphin. It is the best I found for me, but not completely happy.
Yenkazu said:
Album - Quickpic
Video - MX Player, because can be used together with Bravia (HW+)
Music - PowerAmp Trial Version, it's free but trial XD But you can still used =)
File Browser - ES File Manager and X-Plore
Browser - Baidu Browser and Opera Mini
Notes - Sony Note stock and Colornote
Personally, I don't care about beautiful UI, what I need is easy and simple navigation =)
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On the long run what works best has a straight design. Bauhaus. I think an app can be beautiful and not be worthless eye candy at the same time. I tried some Notes apps and found you are right, Sony Notes is among the best, and it IS simple and beautiful.
QuickPic is a golden tip. 0.5 Mb vs. 13 Mb of the Sony Album. For what? Memory foot print in operation is similar, only that QuickPic unloads from my memory immediately. And it has only the permissions which are needed for it's function. More over, the Sony Albums thumbs are to tiny for my taste. To me, QuickPic is really a worthwhile alternative.
It was already worth to open this thread
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Jet Audio Plus would be a typical example of what I mean. Walkman has 11 Mb and not even half of the functionality. I personally am looking more for "lean" alternatives, but for someone who loves listen to music on the on that's a great alternative, same as PowerAmp.
Personally I don't like Chrome. I am using Dolphin. It is the best I found for me, but not completely happy.
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Yeah I used to love PowerAmp. But switched to JetAudio because it made me remember the old days (on pc) and completely forgot about it now. JetAudio offers a few additional features to PowerAmp anyway. Walkman is all about looks and animations. If you want slim players you check stuff like Shuttle.
I used chrome because it syncs across my phone, windows laptop and ubuntu laptop as well and has all my bookmarks and history.
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More over, the Sony Albums thumbs are to tiny for my taste. To me, QuickPic is really a worthwhile alternative.
It was already worth to open this thread
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You can just resize thumbnails with two fingers.
but when you try to name alternatives, for example jetaudio, then its only the half truth. the full functional jetaudio costs 2,99euro. so this is a minus....compared to walkman app. isnt it?^^
I saw the word "Bauhaus" ...maybe take a look into NexMusic. am using that. and it has a really nice feature: it not uses much battery
also when you speak about quickpic, you have to speak about the functions of the sony album. without sony album you will not be able to change lockscreen background wallpaper.
so you have to keep it on phone, if you need it for that. and if you keep it on phone, then you dont need quickpick, or you like to use two galleries?
for the notes, i use google keep. yeah i know privacy and all that stuff. but i use it only for useless "lists". not for private stuff.
its functional, you not have to use the sync. it looks good...and its fast.
the sony weather app/widget. i not like it. i love it clean and fast. i guess many use the same like me, 1weather?
the first thing i deleted was the smallapps and smallapps manager. and also the calculator, im usign a calculator from playstore, the one i use need NO privacy rights.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android2.calculator3&hl=de and it has a pretty light theme, important for me
a sony app i like? smart connect.
Am i the only one that likes most of stock Sony apps?i really like Album app cause its different and unique.i dont care for memory footprint that much.but thats my opinion,i know alot of people prefer alternatives
josephnero said:
Am i the only one that likes most of stock Sony apps?i really like Album app cause its different and unique.i dont care for memory footprint that much.but thats my opinion,i know alot of people prefer alternatives
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I love most the sony apps too, walkman and album especially
josephnero said:
Am i the only one that likes most of stock Sony apps?i really like Album app cause its different and unique.i dont care for memory footprint that much.but thats my opinion,i know alot of people prefer alternatives
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No You're not alone bro!
I Guess SONY Walkman,Album,Launcher & Stock keyboard Are Very nice
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I saw the word "Bauhaus" ...maybe take a look into NexMusic. am using that. and it has a really nice feature: it not uses much battery
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Right, that's one of the important features I am searching for. Next on my list for trial.
also when you speak about quickpic, you have to speak about the functions of the sony album. without sony album you will not be able to change lockscreen background wallpaper.
so you have to keep it on phone, if you need it for that. and if you keep it on phone, then you dont need quickpick, or you like to use two galleries?
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I personally don't have any interest changing my lockscreen wallpaper. For me it can be a black screen.
the sony weather app/widget. i not like it. i love it clean and fast. i guess many use the same like me, 1weather?
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1Weather was my previous favourite. It is one of those apps that are created to harvest user data. I mean I agree it's great no-cash app and for those who don't mind, that's the price for it. I used it in a sort of modified state (Permissions, I found 3 data collectors there). Lately they implemented a lot of bloat into it. I tossed it and now I am having EZWeather. That's a sparse weather app. Arcus is also fine for a richer weather app, but still has some rough edges (in oarticular the widgets). The near future weather data is good.
the first thing i deleted was the smallapps and smallapps manager. and also the calculator, im usign a calculator from playstore, the one i use need NO privacy rights.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android2.calculator3&hl=de and it has a pretty light theme, important for me
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Small apps -> same here. I don't see why it is there in the first place. I'd rather like to have this space available for launching 4 or so selected apps from my regular collection, or direct access to some settings.
The calculator is brilliant.
Thanks for the tips! Useful.
Mahthenewgamer1998 said:
No You're not alone bro!
I Guess SONY Walkman,Album,Launcher & Stock keyboard Are Very nice
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Yep.i tried many keyboards but keep going back to stock
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Yep.i tried many keyboards but keep going back to stock
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Me Too but I Already using cm11 and I cannot use stock keyboard
But Album and Walkman Are Installable on it and I Using them
Waiting for official 4.3
Sony Home is awesome, especially 6.1. I tried a number other launchers but returned. The Sony Home is really good, considering the small app size it offers a lot, foremost a high level of easy functionality. For me the only other one that seems to be a keeper is Sicksky.
I like the phonebook, the keyboard, and conversations, too. Most of the Sony apps are actually pretty good. So are Google apps. They are good, but some of them have become hefty items. That applies even more for the Google apps. And also, I like manual not automatic. I know there are others, too.
Mahthenewgamer1998 said:
Me Too but I Already using cm11 and I cannot use stock keyboard
But Album and Walkman Are Installable on it and I Using them
Waiting for official 4.3
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There is ported Z1 keyboars in general android apps section.i guess it works regardless of rom
Yenkazu said:
Album - Quickpic
Video - MX Player, because can be used together with Bravia (HW+)
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I am using VLC Player which is simple and works pretty well. But it's big. MX is very nice and works really well. However, as well too big for my taste. I am still looking for a kind of QuickPic equivalent but for video. UPDATED COMMENT: I see now why VLC is big. It opens everything available on Earth, Venus and Mars. The only thing it failed to open was a can of worms.
Shall strip down the entire ROM and and just leave it with core functions, then load apps that only use permissions needed for their function and are lean and muscular.
Alternative Apps: Small - Simple Interface - Least Permission
Album: QuickPic
Barcode Scanner: Barcode Scanner (by Zxing), or QR & Barcode reader (Secure)
Calculator: Calculator (CyanogenMod)
Calendar: Google Calendar
Browser: Tint for small + pretty + privacy, Boat for a medium sized better featured browser
Display Adjustment: Yet Another Auto Brightness
File Manger: inKa File Manager
Keyboard: OEM 6.1
Launcher: SickSky for Small, clever and elegant, otherwise hand s down Xperia Home 6.1
Messaging OEM (Conversations.apk)
Mobil Data Counter: Data Counter Pro
Music Player: NexMusic
Navigation: Mapfactor GPS
Notes: OEM 9.1
Screen Lock: EZ Screen Off
Text to Speech: Google Text to Speech
Video + Music Player: VLC
Weather: EZWeather or Notification weather for minum weather app, Arcus (but not finished)
Widgets: Wizz Widget
Wifi: Wifi Manger
More suggestions welcome!
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also when you speak about quickpic, you have to speak about the functions of the sony album. without sony album you will not be able to change lockscreen background wallpaper.
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We were talking abt photo album previously. I hope I don't sound too patronizing but to everyone who hasn't done so, I would suggest to try QuicPic. I dare to say it is better than the Sony Album at much much smaller size and with no obscure permissions.
The Tint browser is another top recommendation. Now that I got the hang on it, it just works beautiful.
Who knows a good calendar? Not 16 Mb, just a simple calendar which syncs with Goggle calendar and shows an agenda, too.
Or, alternatively a semccalendar.apk (together with the calendarprovider)?