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Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

Shnooks posted:

Any recommendations for a Japanese keyboard and dictionary app?

Aedict
https://market.android.com/details?id=sk.baka.aedict

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Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

Combat Pretzel posted:

Anyone knows a personal finance software that's worthwhile? Don't mention Mint. While it's exactly what I'm looking for, it requires linking accounts, which doesn't work because I don't live in the US.

I'm using moneywise

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handynorth.moneywise_free

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

SpacePig posted:

I'm the same way with Gentle Alarm. The math is just x*y+a*b. They make me solve 2, but it's the same formula. Is there any way to make these a bit harder?

You can increase the difficulty to two digit numbers, increase the number of equations you have to solve(up to 5), and decrease the time limit, but it's always that formula.

e: And there's that "remember the path"-puzzle, but that's even easier

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

Odette posted:

Does anyone know if there is an Android lockscreen that requires a 4+ digit numerical passcode but digits appear in random order on screen, to prevent people from 'reading' the passcode via smudges on the screen?

There was a lockscreen that basically looked like this:

[OK]
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]

you had to enter the key, and then swipe down across the keys the commit it, wiping any smudges.

I can't remember what it was called, but maybe someone else remembers.

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

MeinGott posted:

So Mobo player has just decided that I don't need subtitles I guess.

Can anyone recommend a free video player that will display subs for mkvs?
MX Player

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&feature=search_result

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

MeinGott posted:

I'll check this on out too.

Is your av a touhou riding a Yian Kut Ku

Yes.

Also, don't download the codecs for mx player that are available in the market. The app will tell you if it needs one.

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

odiv posted:

Is there a way to restrict access to my contact list and call history, but still update an app? Increasingly, apps of all types are starting to require these permissions so I'm sitting on a dozen update requests.

Sorry if this is a common topic, but I didn't see it in the OP or the last few pages.

Cyanogenod (and possibly other roms) allows you to disable all permissions an app wants. Depending on how the app is coded it will either crash, refuse to work or carry on without that permission.

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

There is, it's in the games forum

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3483273

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

FastestGunAlive posted:

Hey guys, any recommendations on a Japanese app? I'm visiting and I would like to learn basic phrases and kanji. I took a year of Japanese in college but I don't remember anything; I think having an app handy would help me remember. If anyone knows a good iOS app that works as well but I prefer Android. I know there are a number of language apps out there so I wanted to see if anyone had experience with them

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Obenkyo

If you need to look up stuff:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.nick.wwwjdic
+
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.nick.kanjirecognizer


and if you need a japanese keyboard, Google has a nice one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.japanese

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

berzerker posted:

Yes, if you want to enter it every time you use your phone and also clean off the fingerprints each time so it's not completely obvious which four (or fewer) digits you press for your pin.

3 unique digits are actually more "secure" in this scenario than 4

With 4 distinct prints, you have to try 24 permutations. If there are only 3 prints, you have to try 36 times, because you don't know which number is the repeated one

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

pinchet posted:

Quoting my earlier post once because I'm not sure if people just didn't know or if it got skipped. My apologies if the former.

Pocketcasts remembers your position for every file, but it only plays podcasts it downloaded (so it's not a music player that you just can point at any file on your sdcard)

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

They also added the "only keep the last X episodes"-feature back.

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

Annath posted:

Hey, I need a Tasker-like app for exactly one purpose. I just got an awesome Bluetooth keyboard for my tablet. I want a scheduler type thing to automatically:

A. Set the default Keyboard to "Null Keyboard" when my blutooth KB is synced (this keeps the on-screen KB from popping up)
B. Set the default KB back to one I designate when the Bluetooth KB disconnects/is turned off.

Right now, I have to manually turn the Null KN on every time I turn the Bluetooth KB on, because it reverts to the tablet's factory Samsung KB when the BT is off. I don't use the Samsung KB at all (I use Google Keyboard)so i don't know why it defaults to that...

e: forgot to mention, since I only want to do this one thing, I'd prefer a free solution if possible.
e2: I bought tasker. Now I have no idea how to use it. Its all freaking variables and menus within menus....

Do this: http://code.rawlinson.us/2012/10/android-change-keyboard-based-on-app.html

but instead of "Application", select
State-->Net-->Bluetooth connected
to trigger the task

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

RVProfootballer posted:

Setting up your secondary Gmail account to forward to your primary should do what you want. When you send email, you can change which account it is sent from just by a pull down menu in the email draft itself. When you reply, it should default to which account received the email. Obviously this will change things for your email on PC or other devices and may not be what you want, but I think this is your only way to "unify" your inboxes in the Gmail Android app.


Both forwarding your work email to a private account or forwarding your private mail to your work account sound like bad ideas though (that obviously depends on your employer).

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

Kind of.
To directly record your phone calls you need to be rooted, but there are apps that turn on your speaker and record that.

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

krampster2 posted:

Which of the three podcast apps in the thread title will let me download podcasts while the app is minimised and add my own files? Used to have Downcast on ios and it didn't let me do either of those two things. Real annoying have to keep the app open to download poo poo particularly when your internet is slow as heck.

Pocket Casts.

http://www.shiftyjelly.com/support/pocketcasts#115

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

The next steam sale starts this Thursday, so chances are good that YNAB will be $15 for a day sometime in the next 2 weeks.

e: oops, didn't see Casyl's post

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

Is the smart lock stuff good enough for you?
You can set up certain trusted locations, nearby Bluetooth.devices and the "On-Body-Detection"...
Then, you need to unlock the phone once. Now the phone will stay unlocked, until you either manually lock it (tap the lock icon on the lockscreen), or none of the smart unlock criteria apply anymore. (So if you are at a trusted location, it stays unlocked as long as you're there, but if you leave and come back, it will be locked again)

http://get.google.com/smartlock/

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

Jehde posted:

I accidentally posted in the Awful Android App thread instead of here, but the android games thread has been archived, so this is the only place to ask: Are their any good ports of Lemmings for android? Been having the itch lately and a smartphone seems like the best way to play it. Spirits is alright, but doesn't quite scratch the itch.

The thread is in Games now.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3711191

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

I switched to Focus after the Quickpic-buyout.

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Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mariotaku.twidere

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