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I have a Galaxy Nexus. What apps should I be using for consuming and managing audiobooks and ebooks not purchased through Play, and where in the file system should I place them? It doesn't seem like any of the Google apps handle this. I've been listening to audiobooks with Google Music, but that leaves a lot to be desired as there are no bookmarking features and I end up hearing random book chapters when I am shuffling all music. For eBooks, I have a bunch of DRM free files that are mostly PDF with a few random formats thrown in. I've been putting the PDFs in my downloads directory then viewing them in the stock document viewer, but that also leaves a lot to be desired due to lack of bookmarking and no way to organize and separate my ebooks from regular downloads. Any recommendations? Unrelated request: what's a good free file browser/manager?
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ES File Explorer, and convert your ebooks to epub and use Aldiko.
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Sep 25, 2012 21:19
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Or solid explorer, it's pretty neat too. I moved to it from ES a while ago and I like it.
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Sep 25, 2012 22:16
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Aldiko was just what I was looking for. Is there anything similar for audiobooks? Both of those explorers seem great. Thanks for the recommendations!
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Sep 26, 2012 00:40
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On PowerAmp, I tried it on recommendation. Once I figured out how the hell it worked it kind of made sense but ogg files are all crackly. Did some searching and it seems a lot of people have this issue. So I guess I'll keep looking for a player that suits me.
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Sep 26, 2012 00:53
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7 Bowls of Wrath posted:I think the problem is google-side not the album grabber side. You will need to remove the music from your google play and re-upload the files with the embedded album art. What do you mean? Other than the free tracks and albums I grab from google, I put all my music on my SD card. Are you telling me there is a google cloud service for music? I am guessing i probably have to put an album art.jpg into the folder in my case, i was just hoping there was an app to do it for me.
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Sep 26, 2012 00:56
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Primworm posted:Are you telling me there is a google cloud service for music? Yes. Google Play Music.
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Sep 26, 2012 00:57
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DemonMage posted:Yes. Google Play Music. I just never realized it was a cloud service. I don't have regular access to wifi anyway (I am tethering as we speak) so putting it on my SD the old fashioned way works a little better for me.
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Sep 26, 2012 00:59
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Primworm posted:I just never realized it was a cloud service. I don't have regular access to wifi anyway (I am tethering as we speak) so putting it on my SD the old fashioned way works a little better for me. You can upload your entire library to the service, and sync specific songs or playlists to your device. And whoever recommended GoodNews, thank you. Looks great so far.
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Sep 26, 2012 01:41
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grilldos posted:And whoever recommended GoodNews, thank you. Looks great so far.
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Sep 26, 2012 02:07
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LastInLine posted:It got an update today. It just keeps getting nicer to use. I haven't used GoodReader in a while but I'll probably buy it soon. What did the update do?
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Sep 26, 2012 02:37
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ThermoPhysical posted:I haven't used GoodReader in a while but I'll probably buy it soon. What did the update do?
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Sep 26, 2012 02:45
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torjus posted:You can do this with a combination of If This Then That and Pushover. Thanks for this, these are both very powerful tools. I setup a lot of cool IFTTT rules and let them come through Pushover. Alerting me of twitter/instagram posts by specific users, backing up photos in dropbox, weather changes, sickbeard notifications, and RSS feed updates to name a few.
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Sep 26, 2012 02:56
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Splinter posted:Aldiko was just what I was looking for. Is there anything similar for audiobooks? Both of those explorers seem great. Thanks for the recommendations! This is what I use for audiobooks and I cannot recommend it enough: Mortplayer Audiobooks
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Sep 26, 2012 04:11
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I just grabbed poweramp because I've heard so much about it but never had music on an sd card until now. So far I'm really liking it, but is there a way to remove the artist and album listed under each individual track in album view? I understand how that may be useful in folder view or for a playlist, but as I listen to music by the album I really don't need to see that each song is, in fact, from that same album. It's actually quite distracting to not just have the tracks listed. e: now with overly descriptive screenshot! I don't want any of the stuff that's crossed out in red. It clutters up the screen like crazy and I can't find anything in the settings to turn it off. So much screen space wasted when it can just give me the ~10 track titles to choose from Teeter fucked around with this message at 07:02 on Sep 26, 2012 |
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Sep 26, 2012 06:07
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Was the GoodNews page crashing the Play Store (on the phone) for anyone else? I tried to check what's new in the update a few times, but it was having none of that.
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Sep 26, 2012 06:44
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hooah posted:Was the GoodNews page crashing the Play Store (on the phone) for anyone else? I tried to check what's new in the update a few times, but it was having none of that. It was doing it for me a few days ago, but has cleared up on it's own now. I think it just hates me, between that and the random 3g use.
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Sep 26, 2012 06:50
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hooah posted:Was the GoodNews page crashing the Play Store (on the phone) for anyone else? I tried to check what's new in the update a few times, but it was having none of that. Yep, here too. Force closed every time. After updating still does actually.
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Sep 26, 2012 08:04
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What the hell is the point of Currents when it entirely ignores all my sciency/nerdy subscriptions and fills my screen with Romney poo poo.
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Sep 26, 2012 08:16
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:What the hell is the point of Currents when it entirely ignores all my sciency/nerdy subscriptions and fills my screen with Romney poo poo. Welcome to the Republican party 
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Sep 26, 2012 08:34
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Is there a way to re-activate the Google Maps area of uncertainty? It's bugging the hell out of me, and I'm seriously thinking about just installing an older version.
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Sep 26, 2012 09:35
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Freezer posted:Is there a way to re-activate the Google Maps area of uncertainty? It's bugging the hell out of me, and I'm seriously thinking about just installing an older version.
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hooah posted:Was the GoodNews page crashing the Play Store (on the phone) for anyone else? I tried to check what's new in the update a few times, but it was having none of that. I actually popped in the thread to ask this! Luckily I remembered that the dev posts the change log on their website. Here's a link: http://www.goodnews-mobile.com/category/release
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Sep 26, 2012 11:57
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LastInLine posted:Welcome to the Republican party Really I don't care which side it is. I want to read my subscriptions, not other crap.
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Sep 26, 2012 12:31
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Really I don't care which side it is. I want to read my subscriptions, not other crap.  lelandjs posted:I actually popped in the thread to ask this! Luckily I remembered that the dev posts the change log on their website. Here's a link: http://www.goodnews-mobile.com/category/release
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Sep 26, 2012 12:56
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 $0.25 Sale Incoming! GooglePlay hits 25 billion downloads. They are going to do a sale over the next 5 days! No details on what except apps from "top developers including Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Rovio, runtastic, Full Fat and more."
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Sep 26, 2012 13:27
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Siroc posted:
Sweet, I got some good stuff last time. General_Failure posted:On PowerAmp, I tried it on recommendation. Once I figured out how the hell it worked it kind of made sense but ogg files are all crackly. Did some searching and it seems a lot of people have this issue. So I guess I'll keep looking for a player that suits me. Have you tried toggling Direct Volume Control? Apparently it can cause problems on some phones. Settings -> Audio -> Advanced Tweaks.
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Sep 26, 2012 14:02
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Here's the list of the apps for today so far: http://www.androidcentral.com/google-play-25-cent-apps-open-post Angry Birds Space Premium Asphalt 7: Heat Clouds & Sheep Premium Draw Something Granny Smith Let's Create! Pottery London Bus Checker NFL Kicker 13 Ocean HD OfficeSuite Pro 6+ Sudoku Symphony of Eternity Tasks
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Are the sale apps going to change every day or is it the same apps all week?
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Sep 26, 2012 18:07
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It'll change daily.
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Sep 26, 2012 18:19
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Here's the Google Play link. The icons on the banner seem to be different than the apps currently on offer, so I'd suppose they'll rotate out the cheap apps.
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Sep 26, 2012 18:30
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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I picked up OfficeSuite Pro 6+ and Tasks. I've heard OfficeSuite bombards you with upsell ads for "Office-Compatible Font Packs" but I haven't seen anything thus far so who knows.
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I got a HTC One S which seems fine except the lovely AMOLED screen reports 960x540 pixels and webpages are basically unreadable with teeny blurry type. I tried out Firefox and Chrome, but they don't really seem to improve the situation. Any fix?
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the talent deficit posted:I got a HTC One S which seems fine except the lovely AMOLED screen reports 960x540 pixels and webpages are basically unreadable with teeny blurry type. I tried out Firefox and Chrome, but they don't really seem to improve the situation. Any fix?
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Sep 27, 2012 02:02
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So is it impossible to listen to youtube videos with the screen locked? I like to listen to lectures and speeches and other similar things on youtube and would like to do it on my phone while I'm walking around doing things. I did a bunch of googling but all I got were a bunch of dodgy apps that didn't work at all.
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Taffer posted:So is it impossible to listen to youtube videos with the screen locked? I like to listen to lectures and speeches and other similar things on youtube and would like to do it on my phone while I'm walking around doing things. I did a bunch of googling but all I got were a bunch of dodgy apps that didn't work at all. http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/youtube/iyzedbaAAtA
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So I'm headed off to Germany next month, and I'm wondering - how's the offline Maps feature in Android 4.1? Will I be able to get transit directions through it?
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Sep 27, 2012 04:20
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As a German, I'm sad to report that Google Maps knows jack poo poo about transit in Germany. They've only recently started incorporating regional trains and S-Bahnen. There's no info on public transit like busses and subways. This makes me especially sad because I love the concept of Google Now; it's just useless in Germany right now. There is, however, this sweet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schildbach.oeffi&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImRlLnNjaGlsZGJhY2gub2VmZmkiXQ.. It has many great features, like letting you download maps of transit networks, showing you the distance to the closest stops, when trains/busses leave from there, etc.
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7 Bowls of Wrath posted:I think the problem is google-side not the album grabber side. You will need to remove the music from your google play and re-upload the files with the embedded album art. actually you can just edit it on the desktop site. Primworm posted:What do you mean? Other than the free tracks and albums I grab from google, I put all my music on my SD card. Are you telling me there is a google cloud service for music? just look up album art in the play store.
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