|
LastInLine posted:I should point out that ES's UI is going to change significantly soon. The invite-only beta works entirely differently so I wouldn't spend that much time trying to get it exactly the way you want. Thanks In the mean time i have set up plex, its fantastic so far for media streaming, nice easy layout and well organized as well as supporting every file format i have tried (although 1080p stutters, i think that is probably my wifi)
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 12:51
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 08:42 |
|
|
What is the current favorite for a Launcher replacement app? I'm currently using LauncherPro (and paid for the Plus version...) but it seems that the developer abandoned it and is no longer updating it or doing bug fixes. I really like how it's app drawer works though (one long vertically scrollable list instead of side-swiping through pages) and I'd like a launcher with something similar if one exists.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 16:53
|
|
|
StickFigs posted:What is the current favorite for a Launcher replacement app? I'm currently using LauncherPro (and paid for the Plus version...) but it seems that the developer abandoned it and is no longer updating it or doing bug fixes. I really like how it's app drawer works though (one long vertically scrollable list instead of side-swiping through pages) and I'd like a launcher with something similar if one exists. You can set up your app drawer as a vertical page on Apex and I would assume on Nova, too.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 16:55
|
|
|
Capt. Morgan posted:I've been using Unified Remote, the free version allows controlling the mouse. Seconding UR. It's really quite handy. Frequent updates as well.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 17:29
|
|
|
StickFigs posted:What is the current favorite for a Launcher replacement app? I'm currently using LauncherPro (and paid for the Plus version...) but it seems that the developer abandoned it and is no longer updating it or doing bug fixes. I really like how it's app drawer works though (one long vertically scrollable list instead of side-swiping through pages) and I'd like a launcher with something similar if one exists. I like GO Launcher myself. Granted, I started using it right when I got my phone like a year and a half ago, got my layout the way I liked it, and never looked into alternatives. But there are cool things that GO Launcher does and does really easily. I wouldn't be surprised if much of what it does is done just as well in other launchers, but I do recommend giving it a try.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 18:23
|
|
|
StickFigs posted:What is the current favorite for a Launcher replacement app? I'm currently using LauncherPro (and paid for the Plus version...) but it seems that the developer abandoned it and is no longer updating it or doing bug fixes. I really like how it's app drawer works though (one long vertically scrollable list instead of side-swiping through pages) and I'd like a launcher with something similar if one exists. I switched from Launcher Pro to Nova. I bought the pro for it, but don't actually like any of the features that it adds. Basic free Nova lets you have scrolling dock pad with 5 buttons. I never do a ton to my launcher, so this is nice minimal with that added feature as far as I can tell. Apex and Go like mentioned, are usually the other popular ones. Maybe trebuchet(sp?) if your on cm/root.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 19:16
|
|
|
What is the best photo retouching app so I can easily fix the awful pictures the Gnex takes?
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 19:25
|
|
|
az jan jananam posted:What is the best photo retouching app so I can easily fix the awful pictures the Gnex takes? Snapseed is great, free and uses nik software engine
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 19:33
|
|
|
Huge thread so I apologize if this has been covered, but what are some recommendations for an AIM client? The official one looks pretty bad. I use Pidgin/Adium on my desktops, so something similar to that would be nice.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 19:39
|
|
|
deong posted:I switched from Launcher Pro to Nova. I bought the pro for it, but don't actually like any of the features that it adds. Basic free Nova lets you have scrolling dock pad with 5 buttons. I never do a ton to my launcher, so this is nice minimal with that added feature as far as I can tell. I have trebuchet but it's pretty bare bones. I think I'll try Nova, thanks for the recommendations all.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 19:49
|
|
|
Studebaker Hawk posted:Snapseed is great, free and uses nik software engine I use Snapseed as well, although the huge amount of wasted space in the UI drives me crazy every time I use it. Other than that, it's great.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 20:01
|
|
|
UraniumAnchor posted:Huge thread so I apologize if this has been covered, but what are some recommendations for an AIM client? The official one looks pretty bad. I use Pidgin/Adium on my desktops, so something similar to that would be nice. Trillian is probably your best bet here.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 20:06
|
|
|
az jan jananam posted:What is the best photo retouching app so I can easily fix the awful pictures the Gnex takes? I've been playing with Pixlr Express, which has a lot of decent editing tools, but the built-in Gallery editor with 4.2 is pretty ok in a pinch (the Sharpen tool is hosed up though, I get some weird sensor pattern and there's no radius adjustment to try and tweak it)
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 20:26
|
|
|
Essobie posted:I like GO Launcher myself. Granted, I started using it right when I got my phone like a year and a half ago, got my layout the way I liked it, and never looked into alternatives. But there are cool things that GO Launcher does and does really easily. I wouldn't be surprised if much of what it does is done just as well in other launchers, but I do recommend giving it a try. If you're on ICS or JB you should check out some others. GO is what I've always used until recently, I found almost all the cool stuff I liked in GO in Apex launcher and Apex is lots faster. But ICS+ only. Gingerbread I'd say stick with GO, it's a little slow but it has lots of features.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 20:30
|
|
|
Studebaker Hawk posted:Snapseed is great, free and uses nik software engine Is there an app that's a good photo editor for dummies like me whom Snapseed confuses the hell out of? I really just want some basic stuff, like Picasa's auto-editing stuff.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 20:43
|
|
|
hooah posted:Is there an app that's a good photo editor for dummies like me whom Snapseed confuses the hell out of? I really just want some basic stuff, like Picasa's auto-editing stuff. Try Pixlr Express or Pixlr-o-Matic?
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 21:12
|
|
|
Arcsech posted:Trillian is probably your best bet here. Unless they've overhauled it, Trillian's interface is pretty awful. Personally, I prefer imo. They've tried rebranding it as a WhatsApp-style chat app, but it still has good multi-protocol chat support.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 21:33
|
|
|
Wagonburner posted:If you're on ICS or JB you should check out some others. GO is what I've always used until recently, I found almost all the cool stuff I liked in GO in Apex launcher and Apex is lots faster. But ICS+ only. Gingerbread I'd say stick with GO, it's a little slow but it has lots of features. I just recently put ICS on my phone (and rooted it because it turned out to be trivial), so I may do that. But as I said before... I kind of got everything the way I like it now. But yeah... if I get bored this coming weekend I'll look into Nova. Thanks.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 21:46
|
|
|
sleepwalkers posted:Unless they've overhauled it, Trillian's interface is pretty awful. Personally, I prefer imo. They've tried rebranding it as a WhatsApp-style chat app, but it still has good multi-protocol chat support. There's also the option of just adding your AIM contacts to your GTalk buddy list and using the built-in Talk client, since the two networks are interoperable now. You'll have to warn your AIM buddies that messages will now be coming from your GTalk ID, but other than that it should be pretty painless.
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 22:21
|
|
|
Capt. Morgan posted:I've been using Unified Remote, the free version allows controlling the mouse. This works better than I expected, thanks! 
|
|
#
?
Jan 21, 2013 22:38
|
|
|
drat, Unified Remote looks great. Can't believe I haven't gotten it earlier. e: drat, and Netflix? Awesome.
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 01:08
|
|
|
UraniumAnchor posted:Huge thread so I apologize if this has been covered, but what are some recommendations for an AIM client? The official one looks pretty bad. I use Pidgin/Adium on my desktops, so something similar to that would be nice. AOL apps are just terribad. I was about to strike up a question about a replacement client strictly for managing AOL mail. After recording my mom's phone data usage, it turns out the "data hog" was a program called K-9 Mail, some ad-supported freebie that my mom had installed because her Gingerbread mail client was inexplicably unable to properly handle her AOL account. So far, I've got the K-9 Mail client under my thumb with one of those data manager apps that will not allow it to function without being connected to Wi-Fi. But, I'd rather just get rid of it. I tried getting the stock mail client to work, but nobody here, at Verizon, Samsung or Google can figure out why it's happening. Any free mail client for AOL or whatever manner of mail they use, POP3 or something? one that WON'T gobble data like Rick James's nose gobbled cocaine?
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 04:22
|
|
|
Jeff Goldblum posted:AOL apps are just terribad. I was about to strike up a question about a replacement client strictly for managing AOL mail. That's weird. K-9 at least used to be one of the recommended email apps.
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 04:29
|
|
|
hooah posted:That's weird. K-9 at least used to be one of the recommended email apps. It used to be good, yeah. Unfortunately, it got bloated, slow, and lovely a while back.
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 04:38
|
|
Studebaker Hawk posted:Snapseed is great, free and uses nik software engine This is really great, thanks.
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 05:21
|
|
Jeff Goldblum posted:Any free mail client for AOL or whatever manner of mail they use, POP3 or something? one that WON'T gobble data like Rick James's nose gobbled cocaine? Can you either forward AOL mail to her gmail account or fetch her email through POP3? She can still send emails under her AOL name under Gmail. Wikihow thinks it's possible. http://www.wikihow.com/Switch-from-AOL-to-Gmail
|
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 05:35
|
|
|
az jan jananam posted:Can you either forward AOL mail to her gmail account or fetch her email through POP3? She can still send emails under her AOL name under Gmail. Wikihow thinks it's possible. http://www.wikihow.com/Switch-from-AOL-to-Gmail I was about to suggest this. Gmail really is the way to go on Android if at all possible as the built-in client is very nice and is 'real' push mail (doesn't sit there idling an IMAP connection or whatever) so won't kill your data/battery/dog.
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 11:15
|
|
|
Jeff Goldblum posted:After recording my mom's phone data usage, it turns out the "data hog" was a program called K-9 Mail, some ad-supported freebie that my mom had installed because her Gingerbread mail client was inexplicably unable to properly handle her AOL account. So far, I've got the K-9 Mail client under my thumb with one of those data manager apps that will not allow it to function without being connected to Wi-Fi. But, I'd rather just get rid of it. I tried getting the stock mail client to work, but nobody here, at Verizon, Samsung or Google can figure out why it's happening. There must be a different version of this somewhere. I've been using K-9 since I got my first android G1 four or five years ago and I've never noticed any ads or any data hogging. It is based off the first version of "email" the non-gmail email client. Maybe it performs differently on different versions of android, but it works just fine for me on jelly bean.
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 14:56
|
|
|
beerinator posted:There must be a different version of this somewhere. I've been using K-9 since I got my first android G1 four or five years ago and I've never noticed any ads or any data hogging. It is based off the first version of "email" the non-gmail email client. Maybe it performs differently on different versions of android, but it works just fine for me on jelly bean. This. K9 Mail (http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/) has zero ads, and any data hogging is due to how you have it configured. To be fair I'm not sure how sane the defaults are with regards to syncing/push though so maybe it was just bad luck. I'd love to see the UI refreshed though. It still looks the same it did a couple of years ago which is a real bummer.
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 15:55
|
|
|
ZombyWoof posted:This. K9 Mail (http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/) has zero ads, and any data hogging is due to how you have it configured. To be fair I'm not sure how sane the defaults are with regards to syncing/push though so maybe it was just bad luck. It would definitely be nice to see updates in the UI. Honestly, the only reason I still use it over the default email client is because K-9 has an easy "mark all as read" function. I get a lot of automated emails from one of my servers and like seeing the emails come in, but I don't need to actually open them regularly.
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 16:14
|
|
|
oh hey. Look who updated their look. Tasker Beta released completely revamped ui. And the beta is free for now. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 21:34
|
|
|
deong posted:oh hey. Look who updated their look. Nice! I was just looking for information about this yesterday. Is it 4.0+ only like they said it probably would be?
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 22:34
|
|
|
gently caress Tasker, I'm going to have to sign up for a class to learn how to use this. Thought I'd be able to throw 15 minutes to understand it but this'll be the first app that I have no clue what I'm doing lol
|
|
#
?
Jan 22, 2013 23:44
|
|
|
Lblitzer posted:gently caress Tasker, I'm going to have to sign up for a class to learn how to use this. Thought I'd be able to throw 15 minutes to understand it but this'll be the first app that I have no clue what I'm doing lol This thread is helpful!
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2013 00:25
|
|
|
I just discovered Google killed their app to sync your Outlook calendar with your google account, and it's something I need for work. Do I have free options, or am I stuck paying for a google busniess account now?
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2013 00:39
|
|
|
Vykk.Draygo posted:Nice! I was just looking for information about this yesterday. Is it 4.0+ only like they said it probably would be? Yes, the new Tasker is 4.0+ only.
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2013 00:52
|
|
|
bacon brewed beer posted:I just discovered Google killed their app to sync your Outlook calendar with your google account, and it's something I need for work. Do I have free options, or am I stuck paying for a google busniess account now? You can try downloading the samsung calendar app. It syncs both exchange and google calendar. Or you can download a desktop app that syncs it. I cant remember the name but googling "google calender sync exchange client " will show you a few hits
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2013 00:59
|
|
|
Lblitzer posted:gently caress Tasker, I'm going to have to sign up for a class to learn how to use this. Thought I'd be able to throw 15 minutes to understand it but this'll be the first app that I have no clue what I'm doing lol Have you tried llama? It's fairly easy to use and pretty powerful as well.
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2013 01:36
|
|
|
(I'm not sure if this should go in the app thread or not, but I figure there's enough crossover) I've got a question about the default gs3 calendar app. It's synced with my Facebook at the moment, but it shows ALL of my friends birthdays, which clogs up the widget. Is there any way to get it to only show events?
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2013 03:36
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 08:42 |
|
|
I'm having a problem with my wife's Nexus 7. I have a Plex media server and BubbleUPnP on her tablet. Whenever I go try to play an xvid file, the media player will launch, hang for a bit, and then exit back to BubbleUPnP. I've tried Moboplayer and MX Player and they both do it. Any h264 file I've tried seems ok and I'm able to stream the same files fine on my own tablet and phone with the same media players. Anyone have any ideas?
|
|
#
?
Jan 23, 2013 05:36
|
|
