What do you use your Nexus 5 for on a daily basis? - Nexus 5 General

Hopefully I've put this in the right section, as I believe the questions sections is for help requests rather than general survey style questions (eg the What are you running on your N5 thread).
Anyway, I'm sure we use our phones for a lot more than calling and texting, so post what you use your device for!
Here's some of the things my phone helps me with:
Reminders (Google keep/now, they should be integrated) - I have horrible memory so these help heaps
Timetable (Google Calendar) - use the lock screen widget so I just swipe to see what classes I have
Homework/tasks (Google keep)
Social networking (Fb, telegram, Instagram, snapchat etc)
Media (YouTube, MX player, Vines, Unis video player, uListen)
Tracking food intake (My fitness pal)
Alarm (Alarmpad)
Taking photos of documents and things on the board (Camscanner - highly recommend)
Syncing all my school work that I do on my home computer in case I forget to sync my school laptop before leaving as cloud storage is blocked (Google Drive/Bittorrent Sync)
Browsing XDA/reddit (Tapatalk/Reddit Sync)
That's all I can think of for now, your turn!
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Google+, Hangouts, Flipboard, Sunrise calendar, YouTube, XDA, Instagram Facebook etc.
No particular order
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goes on the Q/A section, not here. but if you were to ask me, I would say taking phone calls, texting, skyping, playing CPU extensive games such as Real Racing 3, Ravensword 2, GTA SA, etc, listening to music, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, clock, taking photos/videos, browsing Facebook, 9GAG, XDA Forums, using Chrome, Google Keep, Google Calendar, and most of all, tweaking my phone to the best of my ability to make things look right and just right.
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I normally just use mine for the basics...calling, texting, important school email etc. It's also my primary alarm clock. Aside from that, I also use Keep to make sure I know what's due when and when I need to be where, not to mention music and social networking. I guess you could say I don't mess with my phone as much as I did when I had my HTC One. Although the N5 is rooted with a few mods, I try not to get too caught up in the realm of XDA as it does get quite addicting

Always start my day turning off my alarm, stock clock application is fine for me.
I use my phone as a music player A LOT, PowerAmp doesn't seem to work well with this phone for me so I use Google Play Music now.
Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Keep keep me organized. Office Mobile + OneDrive is my choice for office suite and cloud storage.
Most of my reading is on Chrome and Newstand.

Mostly to read news. It is also my alarm clock.

as a phone.

Amost Everything! GPS, Alarm, Banking, NFC, OTG, Browser, Tethering, Email, Texting, Camera, HDMI to TV, Phone, Entertainment, Weather, Calculator, etc.

My phone is my college companion: I often take notes by connecting a Bluetooth keyboard, read PDF documents, write and read emails, manage my cloud documents, and share its 3g connection to my laptop.
Then I use it for text messages (Hangouts, WhatsApp...) and Internet browsing, sometimes as a music player.
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Email..
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Everything it can do. Calls, texts, email. Some games. Web browsing. YouTube, XDA, etc. Use Wallet & NFC to pay for stuff at a couple gas stations and stores in my areas. I use it to record notes (quick record feature on custom ROM). I use it as my alarm clock. I have an app to track my work hours and how much I make per hour. To track my expenses. As a GPS. HDMI mirroring to my TV for Netflix. Social networking. I use it as a camera as well. Pretty much everything it is capable of doing, I use it to do. I love it.
At the same time, writing this list I also realized how dependent I am on my phone. It's gonna get real once SkyNet takes over.

I switch between the N5 and M8 daily, but I mostly use my N5 for modding and tethering
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Voice calls , sms , listening to music, camera, youtube and playing some games
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Hi,
For benches, tweaks and kernel tests only...
And sometimes all the rest that a smartphone can do if I have enough battery life after 01H10 of total use of Antutu and Quadrant and after about 10 reboots a day due to some tests...
It's a Nexus device after all...

Calling family, texting family and friends, music, YouTube, browsing forums via Tapatalk, general web browsing and retrieving information from the internet when I am out.
I play around with the camera too and use the camera to capture anything and everything.
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MUSIC.
I have it all day right next to me hocked up to my stereo via Bluetooth. I just love how easy it is to hear music all the time. And even if I'm not a home, I'm using my Klipsch S4 for that.
And of course for WhatsApp, XDA and for taking photos with the lovely camera. I love playing around with it (trying out new Roms, kernels and apps), tweaking it to my needs. I love my phone.
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Instagram hey guys can I flash uber linaro on validus
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Other than phone and texting ~~
Ebook reader, news reader, public transport checking, emails, calculator. (in order)
occasionally, facebook, but only through a browser. (Facebook app asking for too much permission, not installing it.)

Hammer_Of_The_Gods said:
Hi,
For benches, tweaks and kernel tests only...
And sometimes all the rest that a smartphone can do if I have enough battery life after 01H10 of total use of Antutu and Quadrant and after about 10 reboots a day due to some tests...
It's a Nexus device after all...
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you basically use it as a guinea pig?

Aadilnz said:
Hopefully I've put this in the right section, as I believe the questions sections is for help requests rather than general survey style questions (eg the What are you running on your N5 thread).
Anyway, I'm sure we use our phones for a lot more than calling and texting, so post what you use your device for!
Here's some of the things my phone helps me with:
Reminders (Google keep/now, they should be integrated) - I have horrible memory so these help heaps
Timetable (Google Calendar) - use the lock screen widget so I just swipe to see what classes I have
Homework/tasks (Google keep)
Social networking (Fb, telegram, Instagram, snapchat etc)
Media (YouTube, MX player, Vines, Unis video player, uListen)
Tracking food intake (My fitness pal)
Alarm (Alarmpad)
Taking photos of documents and things on the board (Camscanner - highly recommend)
Syncing all my school work that I do on my home computer in case I forget to sync my school laptop before leaving as cloud storage is blocked (Google Drive/Bittorrent Sync)
Browsing XDA/reddit (Tapatalk/Reddit Sync)
That's all I can think of for now, your turn!
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I cannot think of what I DON'T do with my N5, other than the usual calling , texting , social networking , gaming , scheduling , music and video streaming etc etc I do a lot of reboots.

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What do you do with your Xperia?

Ok, just thought I'd post to see what everyone does with there Xperia X1 so that others can see what the phone can be used for and what not.
Currently I just use the phone for the phone, text, e-mail (with T-Zones) and use the Garmin a lot. Rather than that I'm still exploring on what to add to the phone.
I flashed a couple roms, from TF3D to the R2A and found that I am more satisfied with the R1A using the performance tweaks. I do like the TF3D but I like being able to pop the keyboard and type for anything that needs typing
I'm trying to incoprorate the phone as a music player and listen to music more so I'm going to be using the media panel, unless someone else can suggest something better. I want to be able to see all my songs and create a playlist rather easily and shuffle the songs.
Another thing I would like to have just incase is the WiFi tether for my laptop. I know t-zones is rather slow but having some internet would be better than nothing.
I also thought about blogging and taking random pictures to kind of keep up with whats going on in my life and that sort of thing. The facebook panel is ok, but I'd rather have like flickr or something to upload the pictures and blog about it.
So what do YOU guys do with your Xperia? And what do YOU guys recommend?
I use mine for email, web, gps, the odd photograph, writing articles (usually with a photo) and as an Mp3 player..
Never usually bother with txt and obviously make the odd phone call.
Then there's all the tweaking, tinkering and hacking..
as to music I tend to use the one in TF3d, which works fine for my needs, (but then I just stick it on shuffle).
Without tf3d I use either
Conduits pocket player (which is a really good music player (commercial) and uses media player skins see http://mylostblog.altervista.org/ for some of those)
freeware there's mortplayer, and s2p, but s2p doesn't do playlists just yet, possibly next version by the look of it.
Never got on with tcmpmpmpm/coreplayer but others love it.
- Full email with built-in messaging and marvellous ProfiMail
- Full Internet (OperaMobile 9.5, OperaMini 4.2)
- YouTube
- Photos, and sometimes video recording
- Music
- RSS Feeds
- Constant work with Office, especially Pdf and Word (currently DocsToGo but planning to get Softmaker)
- Of course extensive use of Calendar, Notes, Tasks (busy life)
- GoogleMaps
- And utilities like ExpenseDiary, Stopwatch, Dictionary, Calc and Currencies!
- Ebooks reading
- Simple Weather app by Gega (great!)
- screen capture utility to catch maps from google maps when abroad (cheap and practical!!!)
As for UI, I just love panels and have two of them (one clean, one with most of my apps I use and all I need)
I also use MediaPanel which supports creating playlists. I don't really watch movies on X1 since it basically kills battery. Anyway there's a sticky containing good converter for videos for X1.
Hope it helps, apparently I don't do too little with my Xperia.....
First of all, don't blog. Too many people doing it, too few people caring, you'd be wasting your time.
Beside that, my uses include (in order of importance)
- Tinkering
- Calling
- Sms messages
- Musicplayer
- Video's
- Email
- Games (SNES)
- Random stuff
Apart from the obvious; making calls.
-I surf the net alot with Opera.
-Use mt 8GB card to listen to music synced via PC(always shuffle)
-Watch Youtube sometimes
-GPS with TomTom is wow( Where would we be without GPS)
-Some games - actually bejewelled
-E-mail - a lot of e-mail. Windows Live rocks
-Texting too.
I've been using Windows Mobile aka Pocket PC Phone Edition when it first came out in 2000. Same what you will about Microsoft but they've got the best Mobile software in existence. Believe it or not, I'e never owned a regular cell phone. Been using WinMo since MS launched the XDA with T-Mob in 2000.
-turn it back on when it turns off
-restart it when coreplayer crashes
well i gotta admit i love mobile gaming. This phone really dissapointed me, a lot. Gaming sucks so hard. Hopefully with all these WVGA phone coming, there will be more support for gaming. Even emulators suck, compared to those on Symbian.
contaygious said:
-turn it back on when it turns off
-restart it when coreplayer crashes
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LOL
i just found it funny for some reason...no offence
hot videocalls with girlfriends
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hmmm... sounds good, will give that one a try
1- Phone calls eek
2- Agenda/tasks PIM
3- Portable laptop with all my work/personal files (16 GB microSD)
4- Internet browsing (opera)
5- All my email accounts
6- HSDPA Internet Router for office/home/meetings/fiends
7- Watch live TV channels (CNN, Discovery, FC Barcelona matches, local TV stations...)
8- Facebook
9- Youtube
10- Tamagochi (feed the fishes)
11- Show ppts or funny emails to friends
12- Walkman
13- GPS when traveling
lot of stuff
I currently use:
Calls/Messages/Emails - Daily
Calendar (sync with my work server daily)
As a modem (1 month via usb - then found out about wifi programs) - great when on holidays
Internet - daily via wifi and 3G (Opera and IE - Opera won't recognise some certificates for some reason)
Weather (SPB Weather 2) daily
Currency (SPB Traveller) - occasionally (once a fortnight)
Word and Excel - every few days
Powerpoint and PDF on and off (I may have heavy usage for a few days then not use it for a month)
SPB Wireless Monitor (Daily - my telco can't seem to give me accurate usage estimates)
Pocket.RAR - lots at the moment... probably not so much in the future (I can't install winrar on my work pc)
Run.GPS UV Trainer - I would like to say daily... but I haven't been that good at the moment
TomTom7 - when I drive my car that doesn't have a gps built in (mainly on weekends - although I do prefer the gps on my x1 to the one in my other car).
Games - THPS2 daily, SPB Air Islands - once every few days, sudoku... when I am really really bored.
Radio and MP3 - daily
Movies - a few times a week (currently using coreplayer).
Almost Forgot... soft reset - multiple times daily at the moment...
wow. Thanks for all the comments guys.
1) I agree with the emulators being crappy compared to Symbian and stuff. I really wish we had a better one cause I love the idea for landscape and having a keyboard.
2) I like the weather panel. Reminds me of the TF3D weather and the iPhones weather. Very nice.
What program are you guys running for the Wifi router? wifi router?
Cheeze[iT] said:
What program are you guys running for the Wifi router? wifi router?
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http://wmwifirouter.com/
buzz83 said:
http://wmwifirouter.com/
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yea thats what I figured. I ran that with the Touch HD. Just confirming. Thanks.
Calls
Texting
Instant Messaging
GPS
Internet Browsing
Internet Sharing with my tablet
Geotagging
Calendar
Fitness - Run GPS, Tracky, My Sport Training
Health -My Personal Diet or iFitone
Movies
Music
Voip Calls
Dodging people or meetings (fake call)
Watching Live TV
Dictionary
Translator
Subway Directions
Youtube
Cheating on my Japanese Tests
I use my xperia to do the following things, most used first:
Watch video/divx
Opera to browse net while in bed or on the move
Youtube
Calendar synched with Google
RSS and/or AvantGo
Comic Reader
SMS
making calls
I feel it is strange to get a mobilephone that i use to do everything except calling
gtrab said:
hmmm... sounds good, will give that one a try
1- Phone calls eek
2- Agenda/tasks PIM
3- Portable laptop with all my work/personal files (16 GB microSD)
4- Internet browsing (opera)
5- All my email accounts
6- HSDPA Internet Router for office/home/meetings/fiends
7- Watch live TV channels (CNN, Discovery, FC Barcelona matches, local TV stations...)
8- Facebook
9- Youtube
10- Tamagochi (feed the fishes)
11- Show ppts or funny emails to friends
12- Walkman
13- GPS when traveling
lot of stuff
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What do you use to watch TV...??
I use mine primary for my job, physican
- Drug reference Guide
- Merck Manual
- Harrison Practise
- MP3 with Mort Player
- Video
- some Websurfing and eMail
- Texting and Calling
i use my for scheduling, i use calender plus and oggsync to my google.. GPS leaves much to be desired wayfinder takes very long to lock
What a device!
Hi All,
Shouldn't the question be, what don't you do with your Xperia. I travel all across the UK, Ireland and Central Europe with my job and since having the Xperia and an 8GB SD card I leave my laptop & TomTom 910 at home now as the X1 (along with the SE car charger) does it all for me!
Cheers,
Astoroth
phonecalls, msgs, im and checking emails
weather updates
alarm, appointments
surfing web with opera
youtube
games- virtual pool, bubble breaker
radio and mp3 (everyday)
occasional gps
snapping random and landscape pics, videos
watching videos (and showing off the nice vid qlty to my mates)

[Q] Can you help? - Apps for using nook with limited Wi-Fi

CM7/nook offers fantastic flexibility and power, but it is disappointing that it loses so much of its capability when there is no wi-fi available.
There must be others in the same boat. What good apps or work-arounds have you found for maintaining functionality away from wi-fi?
So far "Angry Birds" is the only app I use sans wi-fi.
Back in the day of phone modems, software would often allow you to download information for later review so the phone would not have to be tied up (yeah, I'm that old).
For example, it would be nice if there was a way to cache articles from favorite journals in "Pulse" into memory. Right now, Pulse only collects enough info to tease if you don't have a connection!
Thanks in advance for the help!
Read It Later has offline reading.
I put books on it
I load articles in GReader for offline reading of blogs. Doggcatcher for viewing Podcasts.
And I have tons of books and mags on my sd, but I guess that's not what you wanted to read
Laters is great for my Read it later List.
And - just like you - I enjoy playing Angry Birds Rio quite a bit.
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Isn't that what video is for?
Load some cartoons, movies, naughty stuff etc.

What do you use yout tablet for?

Was interested in seeing what everyone does with their tablets as i feel im not using my to full potential.
I mainly use mine for searching net, reading websites, watching Youtube, check emails and twitter reading a paper or mag and maybe the odd game.
Thats about it for the most part.
what else can it be used for?
i use mine for:
- taking notes (asus super note)
- capturing my ideas (adobe collage)
- reading books (ezpdf reader, polaris office)
- learning french (about 13 different dictionaries and conjugation apps)
- searching and surfing the web (firefox, opera mini)
- checking forums (xda premium hd, tapatalk hd)
- reading Quran (Quran android)
- messaging
- email
- maps (i travel a lot these days)
- camera (don't judge me )
- watching movies and tv shows (mx video player)
- music (play music)
- games (cut the rope, angry birds, fruit ninja thd)
and just for the sake of using it to full potential i sometimes hit my sister with it or use it as a japanese hard pillow.
Is Asus Supernote the same as The Supernote that's already on the Tablet?
If not can you link me to it please.
Thanks
Pretty much everything! Moved from iPad to this and because of the extra openness I rarely use my Mac or PC when I'm not working now... Some things I use it for:
Portfolio - Displays my graphic design work
Perfect photo viewer
Kindle (Best e-Reader, you can give it it's own brightness etc.)
Social hub (Seriously, Samsung Social Hub is one of the best social network aggregators I've seen, works especially well in portrait)
Skype (Seriously try this, the future is here guys, Star Trek ain't got nothing on Android!!)
Magazines (Zinio lets you subscribe to magazines, save the paper etc.)
It has replaced my newspapers (I'm all digital now, I just read the news sites/apps)
Gaming (Makes a great little games console, never going to live up to an Xbox or PlayStation but it certainly gives portable stuff like PSP and DS a run for its money with the big screen and very affordable games!)
Games console emulators
Evernote
"Cracked!" Reader app (very magazine-ish in portrait mode)
Comic books
Radio & podcasts (Great broadband radio apps, good speakers, win!)
Route planning on Google Maps
TV/Movies when away from home (As long as there's wi-fi, Netflix works great, if not, I stock it up with some films)
Development (I am an iOS and Android developer)
Things I DON'T use it for:
Writing on this forum - the browser seems to have a tendency to just stop working if I try to send a relatively long post on this forum and some others, not sure if its my network, the browsers or the device.
Music - My iPhone does the music bit, and 16GB with no SD slot is pushing it a little with music.
Instant messaging - Mobile OS multitasking isn't ready for IM, it really needs to be something you keep present on the screen no matter what you're doing the way you can on a Mac or a Windows computer with a good sized screen. I'd use it for IM if Samsung had made a TouchWiz overlay IM program like they have with their calculator, calendar etc., but switching to and from IM+ just isn't versatile enough.
isnt adobe collage like 15$?
An interesting post as I think the tablet form factor is not being used to its full potential.
For me surfing and reading the two biggest uses as with everyone else.
Other uses for me:
- Home media player with HDTV connector. MK video player plays more formats than Xbox or PS3 and easier to connect than laptop. I use ES explorer to connect and stream to NAS.
- Microsoft Instant Messenger (try Office talk). Great when not in front of work laptop. Can use any IM really and saves you firing up computer.
- Have tried VNC and Teamviewer. Need to setup static IP but useful if in other room. Contemplating whether to leave work laptop on all day and just vnc.
- Highly recommend installing Overskreen Browser. Useful browser which acts as a separate window on top of what you are doing. Combine this with a web app and you have a second reference window. For example, check address while on Google maps.
- I have Documents to Go so can open all Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint via Dropbox account. Still won't replace working on desktop as not all features are enabled, like pivot tables in excel or transitions in PowerPoint. This is still for reference and look up.
I've tried note taking but quicker to write out notes. For this size, an active digitizer would be the killer app.
Interested in what other people do as well.
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- Browsing mainly and reading news via Pulse. And Facebooking and IM'ing a lot.
- Sending links to my PC via 2SendTab when needed (music or videos from Youtube or stuff I need to look at the next morning)
- Remoting into my PC via PhoneMyPC (the best remote app out there) and doing pretty much everything from my bed. LOL.
When I'm not programming at home, I'm pretty much on the tablet all the time and my PC turns into my home cinema and that's it. I would gladly stop using it alltogether as long as Photoshop and other productivity tools were available on Android (which I hope soon).
i don't think you're supposed to have a supernote *already* on the tablet unless you have a transformer prime.
check this post, it's really useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204931
and no. adobe touch apps are all less than 10 bucks.
i don't mind other apps. just adobe collage gave me the feeling that i would enjoy using it.
also adobe photoshop touch was good. but it's nothing compared to the pc version and i wouldn't use my tab for photo editing.
I keep noticing people referring to Tapatalk HD on this forum, but I can never find an HD version, just a nasty stretched out mobile app. I used to use the HD version on iPad so I'd love to have it on my tab... Where are you guys getting it??
I use my tab mainly for browsing and checking email. playing games and watching streaming footy in the bed.
sbeddoesdesign said:
I keep noticing people referring to Tapatalk HD on this forum, but I can never find an HD version, just a nasty stretched out mobile app. I used to use the HD version on iPad so I'd love to have it on my tab... Where are you guys getting it??
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Check Samsung Apps for this.
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using it as a car front end looks really awesome if you have 3g/4g
-General web/social uses
-Making small changes to websites I manage (Droid Edit Pro)
-Reading (kindle or ez pdf reader)
-Gaming (Android games and n64oid)
-Blogging (write in google docs then post from pc...blogger's app is terrible and the website is bad on mobile devices)
-Music (Google Music)
-GoogleTV remote
-Google+ Hangouts
-Netflix while laying in bed.
I use mine for the following:
- Ordering takeout (especially dominos making your own pie is great)
- Making online purchases like Ebay & Amazon. (Paypal is great)
- Reading (Magazines, XDA, Manga, Pulse)
- Watching videos (streaming media, anime, youtube)
- Location services (maps, train maps & timetables)
- Gaming
There is an increasing number of tablet friendly(customized) apps that make things very easy. I am sure i use it for more but can't think of them all.
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I use mine mainly for surfing and reading informations. Sometimes for playing
linkinnn said:
I use my tab mainly for browsing and checking email. playing games and watching streaming footy in the bed.
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What app you use?
Also I mainly use it for games and netflix/YouTube, but with citrix and polaris I can do alot of uni work and can even draw molecules (chem student
).
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I mainly use tablet for email,surf net,see movies,songs and reading document
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I use my tab for a variety of purposes, most of which are mentioned in others' posts. Mainly it's a great tool for consuming the information & entertainment on the Internet. Although some strides are being made in productivity (e.g. Adobe touch apps), tablets still come nowhere close to the capability of a desktop for work.

Must have apps for Optimus 4X HD

Hiya everyone. This type of thread isn't new to XDA as it's on almost every device fora, but I decided to bring it over here aswell.
This Post is origanally from HTC One X Forum. All credits go to Goku80.
I'm going to share the most useful applications to have on a LG Optimus 4X HD and would like you to share your must have apps. If an app gets mentioned by numerous people, that isn't on this list, I'll be sure to add it.
Rooted apps Section​
SuperSU - SuperSU is the Superuser access management tool of the future. *ROOT*
ROM Toolbox Pro - ROM Toolbox combines apps like Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, ROM Manager and others. A must-have root app *ROOT*
AdAway - AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android. *ROOT*
Rom Manager - Must have app for any root user. Make backups, flash ROMs, and own your device. ROM Manager is THE MUST HAVE APP for any Android root user.
System Tuner - The most complete system tuner and manager for all your phones and tablets!
BetterBatteryStats - With BetterBatteryStats you can analyse the behavior of your phone, find applications causing the phone to drain battery while it is supposed to be asleep and measure the effect of corrective actions. Guys you can also find this app if you search on XDA..
Titanium Backup - EXTREMELY powerful tool. Backup ALL apps, Market links, remove bloatware & MORE! ☆Needs ROOT, Android 1.5-4.1+
ZDBox - ZDbox is an amazing and free all-in-one toolbox. It holds a collection of useful tools and has a nice and easy to use interface. With ZDbox you’re getting your mobile/cell phone under control, do easily some optimization and customize it to your needs.
Appextractor - AppExtractor is a tool which will allow you to restore individual applications, data, SMS, and MMS messages from your ROM Manager backups.
Orbot:Tor on Android - Orbot is the official port of Tor to Android. Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. STANDARD/NO ROOT - Works best with Firefox Mobile+ProxyMob Add-on - Works with Orbot-enabled apps like Gibberbot (secure chat) and Orweb
CPU Sleeper Quad Core - Since we have Quad Core CPUs, we have a CPU 0 and a CPU1/2/3, core 0,1,2,3 while the screen is off we really only need to have 1 core active "CPU0", this App will make sure CPU 1/2/3 shuts off while the screen is off, then resumes normal usage when the screen comes back on.(You need to pay for this app)
General Must have Apps for LG Optimus 4x HD​
Power Toggles - This is simply the best toggle app around. Able to toggle lots of main features.
Picsay Pro - This is a brilliant photo editor, but limited compared to some others. My personal favourite.
Rotation Locker - It locks your screen to either Portrait or Landscape. Really useful on some apps.
XDA App ICS Blue Colours/Themed - Our favourite forum app but with a complete red or blue colour theme thanks to our own Whiskey103
Memory Usage - Lists all current apps and tells you current memory usage, peak memory usage and priorities.
Desktop Visualizer - Makes shortcuts or widgets using a custom image and can be used to make custom icons.
Neutron Music Player - Neutron is a professional music player with amazing high quality. Great for audiophiles.
AirDroid - For moving files between your PC and phone using WIFI
Tasker - The best app of its kind. It does almost anything
MXPlayer - MXPlayer is one of the best apps for viewing movies.
Photo Timeline - Lets you create a time elapsed sequence of anything you want with your camera and then play as a slideshow
Home Switcher - Switches between any Home Launchers you have on your device.
PicSpeed Wallpapers - Over 170,000 HD wallpapers of all different genres, for our device.
Solid Explorer - Solid Explorer is a file manager which with two independent panels is the most attractive, eye catching and intuitive file manager for the Android.
QuickPic - An alternate photo gallery app, incase you don't like the default
Aldiko Book Reader - Read and download thousands of eBooks right on your Android phone or tablet. Download one of the best Android eBook Readers now!
Dropbox - Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere.
ES File Explorer- ES File Explorer is a free, featured all-in-one file manager & application manager & task killer & cloud storage client & ftp client & samba client which explores the pictures, music, video, document & other files on your phone and your computer.
TeamViewer for Remote Control - Remotely control your computer with TeamViewer Free while you are on the road! Mobile and flexible: remotely access computers from your android device!
ProCapture - Capture photos and panoramas like a pro with the ProCapture camera app. ProCapture adds advanced features to the Android camera experience. Multiple advanced camera shooting modes supported: Timer, Burst, Reduced Noise, Wide Shot and Panorama.
Unified Remote - Easily the most feature-filled Android-PC remote. Turns your Android device into a WiFi or Bluetooth universal remote control for your Windows PC. Control your favorite programs, mouse, and keyboard.
Whatsapp Messenger - WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages.
AireTalk - Aire is a new communication app loaded with features that lets you talk to your friends and family in more ways than ever! Use Aire to make calls to any Aire user with voice or video for free!
Astro File Manager - It's like Windows Explorer or Mac’s Finder for your phone or tablet and allows you to easily browse and organize all of your pictures, music, videos and documents. It also gives you the ability to stop processes that burn battery life and backup your apps in case you lose or change phones.
SketchBook Mobile - Autodesk SketchBook® Mobile is a professional-grade paint and drawing application offering a full set of sketching tools and a streamlined and intuitive user interface.
TeamViewer QuickSupport - Remotely control your Samsung mobile device with original Samsung firmware from your computer with the free TeamViewer QuickSupport app! Now you can provide remote technical support to colleagues, friends, and family who need assistance with their Samsung mobile device.
AfterFocus - Bring DSLR-like Photography to Your Smartphone
Appy Geek - Appy Geek brings you all the leading tech news sources from the industry in a cleverly laid-out user interface, including TechRadar, Gizmodo, T3 Magazine, The Next Web and more... Staying at the cutting edge of innovation has never been so easy!
VLC for Android Beta - VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols. This is a BETA version of the port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform. It is intended for power users and hackers. This version is not perfectly stable and is slower than the final version.
Tapatalk Forum App - The only and the best fully functional forum app in the Market, endorsed by over 35,000 of forums worldwide.
Machinima - Machinima is the premier online network providing entertainment for the gaming culture, showing game trailers, gameplay videos and tips, video game reviews, first looks, and original series created in video games. One of the most viewed YouTube channels in the world!
SmartTools - Measure length, angle, distance, height, direction and sound with your phone.
Smart Tools is a complete package of 5 app sets. It includes 5 Pro sets for a total of 15 tools. In a word, All-in-One.
News Republic - NEWS REPUBLIC features more content than ever including articles and opinions from major players right alongside specialist experts - including ITN, Press Association, Tech Radar, The Sports Review, WENN, HitFix, The Next Web, AFP... More content sources are added regularly with more top names already on the horizon for the future.
CPU Spy - This is a simple app to display the time the CPU spends in each frequency state. This can be a useful tool in diagnosing battery problems or tweaking your over-clock settings.
JellyBean Keyboard - Android Jelly Bean Keyboard from Android 4.1 ported to work on your device. Alternative android keyboard that has Swiftkey like next word prediction. Now includes split keyboard for thumb typing!
Avast! Mobile Security - Full-featured, best/top-rated Android antivirus & security app
DroidWall - Allows you to restrict which apps can access the network. This is the perfect solution if you don't have an unlimited data plan, or just wants to see your battery lasting longer. For advanced users, it also allows you to manually define custom iptables rules.
GO SMS Pro - GO SMS PRO brings you cool UI, fast and convenient SMS/MMS experience. GO SMS Pro is the most popular messaging app; Very powerful, Cool, Funny, Safe, Fully customizable; Well support SMS/MMS + GO Chat(free message) + Walkie Talkie(free voice).*
Plume for Twitter - Plume is a beautiful and completely customizable Twitter app that will revolutionize the way you use Twitter! Brought to you by the authors of the popular Beautiful Widgets, Plume is one of the best Twitter clients for Android! (Plume was formerly known as Touiteur)
BetterBatteryStats - With BetterBatteryStats you can analyse the behavior of your phone, find applications causing the phone to drain battery while it is supposed to be asleep and measure the effect of corrective actions. Guys you can also find this app if you search on XDA..
GTA Radio - GTA Radio is a free way to listen to all radio stations of famous game Grand Theft Auto from every corner of the earth.
K-9 Mail - K-9 Mail is an open-source e-mail client with search, IMAP push email, multi-folder sync, flagging, filing, signatures, bcc-self, PGP, mail on SD & more!
Goal.com - Goal.com offers local coverage of all the latest developments including breaking news, exclusive interviews, transfer gossip, live commentary and much more. Whatever and wherever the story is, Goal.com offers the most comprehensive and expert coverage of the major domestic leagues and competitions, as well as all the major international tournaments
Aqua Mail - Easy automatic setup for popular email services (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, and more).
Android Lost Free - Lost your android? We will help you find it. See http://www.androidlost.com. Remotely control your Android phone from the internet or by SMS.
Chomp SMS - chomp SMS is a souped-up replacement to the stock android Messaging app with a heap more features.
FilePush - FilePush lets you transfer files to your Android device with only two clicks.
SD Maid Pro - A maid for your android, to regain precious memory and keep it clean & tidy. For rooted devices
Fast File Transfer - The app uses Wi-Fi Tethering for establishing a connection between the devices but does not need the Internet. Fast File Transfer is an alternative for Bluetooth file sending.
LiveScore - This application comes directly from LiveScore Ltd., the leaders and inventors of real-time delivery of live sport data and owners of the no.1 ranked football / soccer web site globally... I use it and i love it and it is ten times better than the Sky Sports Football Center app.. Must have for all footy fans
Google Googles - Search by taking a picture: point your mobile phone camera at a painting, a famous landmark, a barcode or QR code, a product, a storefront, or a popular image. If Goggles finds it in its database, it will provide you with useful information. Goggles also works as a barcode / QR code scanner.
Zinio - Download the Zinio for Android app and read top magazines from around the world instantly. Zinio is the premier app for magazines on Android, giving readers immediate access to thousands of global titles.
Screen Filter - Applies a shade that acts as a dimmer to ensure your eyes don't hurt. Far more powerful than Android's built-in brightness setting.
Headset Button Controller - Headset Button Controller is very configurable, allowing you to play music, change tracks, adjust volume, answer phone calls, start Voice Command and many other things, just by clicking the button on your headset. Paid app but worth the money
MD5Checker - This application allows the user to compare the MD5 checksum between two files or alternatively between a file and a value entered manually. When loading a .md5, it will read its content and put it in the field instead of calculating the hash.
Speedy Uploader for Facebook - Uploads pics in an instant, after compressing them. Great stuff.
Fast Reboot - Simulates a reboot by closing/restarting all core and user processes and thus frees up memory. Your phone should be much snappier after using Fast Reboot.
Falcon Pro for Twitter - Falcon Pro brings the Ultimate Twitter Experience to your Android Phone and Tablet.
Trial Xtreme 3 - Trial Xtreme 3, will take your breath away with its new innovations and amazing features. Tackle 76 completely original courses, fighting your friends for the race, win while carefully controlling your bike to ensure that you don’t fall victim to one of the many hundreds of mines, water pipes, or wrecked cars that are standing in your way. Great game and highly recommended and it is free
Temple Run - Need i say more
Subway Surfers - I like this game. Very fun and great graphics to.
Instagram - Share your photos in a simple photo stream with friends to see - and follow your friends' photos with the click of a single button. Every day you open up Instagram, you'll see new photos from your closest friends, and creative people from around the world.
Viber: Free Calls & Messaging - Viber allows you to call, text, and send photos worldwide for free.
MovieTube: Free full Movies - MovieTube is a missing channel on YouTube for Free Full Length Movies. It manages free movies in 14 languages including: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Thai and Malay movies.
Amazon Mobile for Android - The Amazon Mobile app allows customers to browse and shop by department, search, compare prices, find deals, read reviews and make a purchase right from their mobile device.
IMDb Movies & TV - Does what it says on the tin..No need for further introduction..Must have specially if you are a movie fan
Netflix - Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies on your phone.
Temple Run 2 - Sequel to the best game around in my eyes..Must have
Jorte Calendar - For personal use or for business, Jorte will assist you to manage your daily schedule thoroughly.
Cerberus Anti Theft - Cerberus is a complete anti-theft application, the best protection you can get to recover your misplaced, lost or stolen Android device
BubbleUPnP - BubbleUPnP is a full featured UPnP/DLNA Control Point, UPnP Media Renderer and UPnP Media Server. Play easily your music, videos and images on your phone and devices on your network (DLNA TVs, XBMC, WMP, ...), from your external UPnP Media Servers.
Chrome - No need for any introduction here
ColorNote - Color Note is a simple notepad app. It gives you a quick and simple notepad editing experience when you write notes, memo, email, message, shopping list and to do list.
Messaging + Google Voice - Stock Messaging Application with Google Voice capabilities.
Sliding Messaging - Easily manage text messages in a new and up to date format compliant with the Android design guidelines and visually based on the stock messaging app from Google, with added features. Get Pro for more features though and show support to dev
LINE: Free Calls & Messages - LINE is a new communication app which allows you to make FREE voice calls and send FREE messages whenever and wherever you are, 24 hours a day
Sygic: GPS Navigation - High quality TomTom maps stored on your Android (no internet connection needed!) together with a robust set of navigation features help you drive with confidence.
gReader - gReader is an unofficial Google Reader client for Android. Read all your RSS/Feed news in one place with Google Reader, where keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email.
GSam Battery Monitor - Does what it says on the tin...Read the description in the link to find out what exactly it does..But this is the best battery monitor app out there...Link for FAQ here regarding the app
Many thanks goes out to KidCarter93 for allowing me to share his thread here to...
On a side note more apps will be added in the coming days so stay tuned for more goodies..Will be adding more apps that i use as well and find useful and just like my other thread wanna compile the most used apps on your handset.
IF YOU'VE FOUND THIS POST, OR ANY OF THESE APPS USEFUL, INSTEAD OF POSTING THANKS, JUST USE THE BUTTON!
If there are any apps that you feel shouldn't be in this list, please let me know and suggest a better one. I can then test it and maybe add it to the list, in place of the other one.
If you don't suggest a better app, I won't change anything.
Re: Good apps for Optimus 4X HD
I am not on pc but got a few pointers for you to make the thread better.
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thanks
it would be very nice if you would copy your thread in editing mod and pm me so I have all the links to the apps included
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tobixdev said:
thanks
it would be very nice if you would copy your thread in editing mod and pm me so I have all the links to the apps included
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that is what i was going to say that you did...
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thank you
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nice collection, bro
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bump
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Nice list man, let's new stuff.
thanks
Nice, comes in handy after a hard reset
You should try this, and put it in your list... arguably the best sound effect app... (root required)
Very useful to improve P880's poor audio quality...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
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So.....how do you use your smartphone?

Just for fun, on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is the most frequent and 10 is the least frequent, how do you use your phone?
For me it's.......
1) reading ebooks
2) visits to XDA
3) general internet browsing
4) downloading ROMs and flashing
5) internet shopping
6) online money management
7) playing music
8) watching videos / YouTube etc
9) making calls
10) sending texts
Lol....it's a PHONE dammit.....and yet the phone functions barely get used by me......
What about you guys?........
My wife says I'm a phone geek....She's probably right
1. Texting
2. Hangouts
3. Web browsing (mostly just quick google searches and wikipedia)
4. Music
5. Youtube
6. Phone calls
That's it really.
Texting, phone calls, facebook, internet searches.
Mobile (tethered) internet for my laptop.
Remote controlling the music player on my laptop (eg. when I'm walking and my laptop is in my backpack).
1. Browsing the web
2. Facebook
3, Gaming
4. Trolling around with the internals
5. etc...
1. Instant Messaging(has almost completely replaced sms)
2. Web browsing
3. Media(music, tv shows, youtube)
4. Facebook
5. Games(damn Hayday)
6. Phone calls(waiting for Whatsapp to implement internet calls)
7. navigating
8. camera
9. remote for xbmc
10. Hotspotting
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1.Tapatalk
2. Browsing on the internet
3.Music
4.Playing some games
5.Texting
6.Reading news on Greader
7.Playing some games
8.Making calls
1) Podcasts (99%)
2) Everything else (1%)
The PC is still far better for almost everything than a smartphone is, and i'm almost always sat in front of a PC.
1. Walkman
2. Movies ( i stay in hostel so i have to watch movies on my zl)
3. News
4. Whatsapp
5. CLASH OF CLANS (with sound effects XD)
6. And some other geek stuff
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1. Whatsapp
2. News
3. Roms flashing
4. Apps discovering
5. Visits xda
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1. Music
2. Films
3. Ebooks
4. Navigating
5. Playing silly games
6. Notepad / 6. Sketching (Tablet)
7. Webbrowsing (XDA counts as webbrowsing, even if it's done via tapatalk)
8. Texting, Calling & IM
9. Social Media
9. WiFi hotspot. (My landlord is forcing us to use a 13 year old Motorola modem. Everytime someone slams the door, the internet dies.)
i use it like a comp.
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Music - Photography - Texting - Gaming - Xda - Apps discovering - etc etc
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Call, sms
reading news
music
Game
social network
.....
Smartphone
Hello Everyone! well i use my smaartphone very carefully because i love my phone very much usually i use my phone for
texting,
music,
internet
walkman
whatsapp
games and apps as well...
1 whatsapp
2 twitter
3 music
4 visit xda
5 instagram
Messaging, social media, always tweaking it XD, calling, etc.
1. Music hoarding (2000+ FLACs atm, waiting for my new 128GB card )
2. Camera/Instagram/Snapchat
3. Text Messaging/Facebook Messenger/BBM
4. Calls.
veeman said:
1. Texting
2. Hangouts
3. Web browsing (mostly just quick google searches and wikipedia)
4. Music
5. Youtube
6. Phone calls
That's it really.
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me too
He he... Whenever I get angry I throw my droid to hit my bf...
Works like a brick...:laugh:
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He he... Whenever I get angry I throw my droid to hit my bf...
Works like a brick...:laugh:
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Lol.....I bet that could start getting kinda expensive especially if you miss and hit the wall with it...
My wife says I'm a phone geek....She's probably right

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