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Dumb uninitiated user here: is stuff like DU Battery Saver is worth keeping, or is it snake oil? Better yet, is DU Speed Booster just intrusive snake oil that forces antivirus on you? How often should I clear my phone's system cache? Is it overly paranoid to clear my system cache whenever an app I want to run smoothly gets an update that completely overhauls its performance optimization? I installed Lollipop 5.1 last week and I got the general impression that the app optimization it performed on everything (Optimizing app 1 of xx apps..., etc.) was a good thing. Is there a way to repeat this process for a single app? Also which launcher gives you this (assume I already have a Droid Turbo):
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Jul 17, 2015 00:07
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Jul 17, 2015 00:21
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Just let your phone do its thing. Lollipop already has a battery saver mode built in (tap the battery in the pulldown, then hit the ... menu) that basically does what the others try to do - it dims your screen (you can put it back up) and limits network activity, which means you get less timely updates but less drain The 'optimising' thing apps do is basically a compilation process - it's building and installing the app on your device, if you like. It'll do it when there's an update, and there would be no point in rerunning it any other time Leave the caches alone unless you have a reason to mess with them, which you very probably don't! Just enjoy your phone eh And any launcher can do that - just looks like some clock'n'weather widget, some icon set, and the usual buttons hidden. The launcher just lets you do the hiding and gives you more control over the positioning of the icons, like the spacing. Nova and Apex are the popular ones, there's a thread here about all that
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Jul 17, 2015 00:21
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Does anybody with a Galaxy device know how I can get S Translator back? I had it installed on my Note 3 but it seems like the upgrade to Lollipop has removed it. Now I just have a shortcut to some Samsung app store that gives an error message every single time.
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Jul 17, 2015 00:45
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baka kaba posted:Advice Excellent! Thanks for dealing with my my  questions.
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Jul 17, 2015 01:40
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I'm having some awful problem, the clicker on my headphone simply stopped working one day, and it was really fast, after just one week use, it's a soundmagic e10. If I'm using VLC and I insist on clicking eventually it will start working again but it won't work anywhere else. I tested the default video player, spotify and poweramp. On spotify it will open the search if I press it 3 times. Also, if I drag the notifications panel down and click it will first select the top where the clock is then it will alternate between opening and closing the panel with wifi and flashlight icons, the same as if you touch the top of that panel, so the phone is receiving the signal, why the hell won't it work on spotify?
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Jul 17, 2015 02:00
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Sidesaddle Cavalry posted:Excellent! Thanks for dealing with my my Run boy, you're free now!
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Jul 17, 2015 02:09
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What's the new hotness weather app? I've been using BeWeather Pro since Gingerbread (the clock/current weather widget was awesome) and it no longer seems to work on M.
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Jul 17, 2015 11:45
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FlyingCheese posted:What's the new hotness weather app? I've been using BeWeather Pro since Gingerbread (the clock/current weather widget was awesome) and it no longer seems to work on M. Hey, that's what I used to use! I've been enamored with the Forecast.io API because when I want weather I care most about the next few minutes so I can leave my top down on the car so I've been using Arcus. There are those who also like the API and use Weather Timeline or Simple Weather. As for a widget, I don't use the inbuilt ones but instead use DashClock as a full-panel homescreen widget (as lockscreen widgets are now deprecated). Arcus allows you to populate the DashClock extension with whatever data is pertinent to you so you can pick and choose the information you care most about. Having DashClock allows the screen to show only the stuff I care about like upcoming appointments and alarms while also providing shortcuts to those apps but without cluttering the screen when there isn't anything to worry about. All in all I find DashClock to be a way better substitute for a myriad of widgets with mismatched typefaces while just providing what I need to know when I need to know it. I really don't think I could do without it as it's informative and looks great and sometimes doesn't look like anything at all.
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Jul 17, 2015 12:11
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I use this because it is good.
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Jul 17, 2015 17:27
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Maker Of Shoes posted:I use this because it is good. Man, if Weather Timeline somehow had radar, it would be perfect. Edit: Haha, it does! hooah fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Jul 17, 2015 |
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Jul 17, 2015 18:25
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Maker Of Shoes posted:I use this because it is good. What a coincidence! That is the same reason I use it!
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Jul 17, 2015 18:51
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hooah posted:Man, if Weather Timeline somehow had radar, it would be perfect. I wish their radar portion was a bit more robust but it works well enough.
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Jul 17, 2015 19:02
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In the UK the BBC weather app does everything I want from it, no idea what it's like overseas though https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bbc.mobile.weather&hl=en_GB
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Jul 17, 2015 19:30
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I'm trying out Weather Timeline, and it's nice, but I think it's confusing rain and humidity. It's telling me that it's supposed to be raining and continue raining all evening, with the % chance in the 60s and 70s. Then I load up Accuweather and see partly sunny all day, 7% chance of rain, but 65% humidity. Between this and the godawful radar, I don't know if I'll continue using it.
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Jul 17, 2015 21:38
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Vykk.Draygo posted:I'm trying out Weather Timeline, and it's nice, but I think it's confusing rain and humidity. It's telling me that it's supposed to be raining and continue raining all evening, with the % chance in the 60s and 70s. Then I load up Accuweather and see partly sunny all day, 7% chance of rain, but 65% humidity. Between this and the godawful radar, I don't know if I'll continue using it. Sounds like the weather provider you selected during setup is poo poo in your area, not the fault of the app. Try changing it.
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Jul 17, 2015 23:36
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Sounds like the weather provider you selected during setup is poo poo in your area, not the fault of the app. Try changing it. Everyone talks about Forecast.io like it was created by god 
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Jul 18, 2015 00:18
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Everyone talks about Forecast.io like it was created by god Depends on your location.
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Jul 18, 2015 01:07
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Sounds like the weather provider you selected during setup is poo poo in your area, not the fault of the app. Try changing it. Yes. Also, if you installed this app a long while back like I did, you might have a weird provider. I checked yesterday and mine was set to YR.no which was always 5 to 10 degrees different from other weather apps in my area. Forecast.io seems to be closer to what the local tv stations and such cover where I am.
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Jul 18, 2015 13:19
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No love for 1 Weather, huh? It's pretty amazing.
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Jul 18, 2015 16:25
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Me and my wife both use Weather Timeline. Both are set up identical. Sitting right next to each other we will get completely different forecasts and temps will be off up to 5 degrees. I have no idea wtf is going on with that app.
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Jul 18, 2015 17:01
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Brain Aged posted:Me and my wife both use Weather Timeline. Both are set up identical. Sitting right next to each other we will get completely different forecasts and temps will be off up to 5 degrees. I have no idea wtf is going on with that app. Check your sources. Left top arrow > Settings > Data & Updating > Data Source Is it the same? If so, then maybe one of you is somehow using a set city and the other one is using GPS to determine location or something?
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Jul 18, 2015 17:08
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So I know facebook dropped XMPP a while back (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/chat) but for some reason it Trillian can still use facebook messenger (http://help.trillian.im/kb/accounts/facebook-connectivity-fixes-for-mobile-and-desktop-devices) How are they doing this? Are there any open source apps that can still access facebook messenger? I want to know before I buy trillian
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Jul 18, 2015 22:20
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What's a good app for using my phone's camera as a color picker?
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AnimalChin posted:No love for 1 Weather, huh? It's pretty amazing. Thanks for the heads up. I've been using 1 Weather off and on today and it's really nice. It might replace Weather Timeline for me. I can't imagine how many weather apps I've paid for and tried at this point...
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Jul 19, 2015 02:45
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Is there any twitter client that will let you color code accounts that isn't plume? I really wish plume wasn't so broken  It's perfect when it works, but that's only 75% of the time.
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Jul 19, 2015 15:59
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ACRE & EQUAT posted:So I know facebook dropped XMPP a while back (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/chat) but for some reason it Trillian can still use facebook messenger (http://help.trillian.im/kb/accounts/facebook-connectivity-fixes-for-mobile-and-desktop-devices) I have no idea what the case is with trillian, but it shouldn't be impossible either way.
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Jul 19, 2015 16:54
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What is my best bet for a 5.0-compatible alarm that has good pre-alarm support? IIRC gentle alarm didn't play well with the new APIs.
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Jul 19, 2015 19:49
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IuniusBrutus posted:What is my best bet for a 5.0-compatible alarm that has good pre-alarm support? IIRC gentle alarm didn't play well with the new APIs. I too can't live without the pre-alarm and I use Timely.
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Jul 19, 2015 20:23
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IuniusBrutus posted:What is my best bet for a 5.0-compatible alarm that has good pre-alarm support? IIRC gentle alarm didn't play well with the new APIs. True, there were a few months where it was basically unusable, but give it a go again. It still looks like poo poo though.
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Jul 19, 2015 21:26
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LastInLine posted:I too can't live without the pre-alarm and I use Timely. You guys should just get a older and then you start waking up before the alarm. Then you just stop using an alarm at all. (getting old isn't fun)
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Jul 19, 2015 23:09
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Thermopyle posted:You guys should just get a older and then you start waking up before the alarm. I do the wake up before the alarm part now, thankfully not old enough to not need one yet
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Jul 19, 2015 23:30
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Thermopyle posted:You guys should just get a older and then you start waking up before the alarm. I wake up most days before the alarm but I'm not confident enough to forgo one altogether.
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Jul 19, 2015 23:53
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Getting a cat and letting it know that morning is when it gets fed works too.
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Jul 20, 2015 00:19
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docbeard posted:Getting a cat and letting it know that morning is when it gets fed works too. As long as you're confident you'll never want to sleep in again at any point
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Jul 20, 2015 00:35
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docbeard posted:Getting a cat and letting it know that morning is when it gets fed works too. The same works with dogs. But then they start getting up even earlier and then you fall asleep on the couch after they eat and start to need an alarm again. Life is tough.
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Jul 20, 2015 01:04
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Thermopyle posted:You guys should just get a older and then you start waking up before the alarm. Psh, I've done this since high school. I'm sure zero hour and morning swim practices combined to warp my sleeping.
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Jul 20, 2015 01:33
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AnimalChin posted:Is there any twitter client that will let you color code accounts that isn't plume? Twidere is looking quite promising. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mariotaku.twidere
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Hi goons. I hope this is the right thread to post in. I need some app advice and this is my first tablet/android device. My laptop burned out sooner than i thought it would. The HDD overheated and burned out the motherboard. Im building a gaming rig but i got a got a great deal on a Samsung Tab 4, running on KitKat to tide me over. It does everything i need it to, mostly.. i can access all the stuff i had backed up, plug it into the tv and watch movies, all that stuff. I hate not being able to do like 10 things at once but thats no biggie.. My help/question/need is.. i need advice on the best app for streaming sites. Ive tried chrome, firefox, flashfox etc.. but they dont seem to have much compatability with dailymotion or vimeo.. flashfox seems to work best but on dailymotion the ads work just fine  but i only get audio on the cartoons and stuff i want to see, and vimeo.. nothing. I like to stream vids with other goons on some sites and it sucks when a movie comes on and all i get is ads and audio. Im still getting used to android so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time 
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Thermopyle posted:You guys should just get a older and then you start waking up before the alarm. I got an UP 2 fitness band and it has an alarm clock function that vibrates, it's amazing how much better a little wrist band vibrating wakes me up over an audible alarm.
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