cartoon_soldier
Member
I can answer the Dropbox question.
It will show your whole dropbox contents only, it doesn't download all the files. You can then choose and select which files to download/view.
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I can answer the Dropbox question.
It will show your whole dropbox contents only, it doesn't download all the files. You can then choose and select which files to download/view.
Awesome, thanks!!
Fitocracy just launched their android app. Not sure of its good, but there's a gaf fitocracy group.
Kill Your Masters
Member
Go to category view->advanced settings, there is an option to "automatically mark articles as read", uncheck it. (if that's what you mean)
Edit: Is there a calendar widget on the store that has scrollaber grid view? (Like sense)
Also: if you mean individual articles once you read them, there's an option in the drop down context menu to keep article as not read.
GhostRidah
Member
I must say the new feedly is a really good upgrade, seems a tad faster and I like swiping vertical instead of the horizontal way it was before.
Jayayess1190
Member
For cool apps, follow Addictive Tips.
The best RSS reader on Android, imo. Devs said on Twitter that eventually they will have an option to remove clutter by default on links. Was hoping that would be in this last update.
Zombie James
Banned
The new Chrome Beta is a pretty good improvement over the release version. Scrolling performance is better and so is the default zoom level.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Hmm, really? Maybe I should give it another go then. I gave up on it a while back, and have just been using the stock browser (Galaxy Nexus) since then.
EDIT: It does seem better (it was absolutely awful a while back), but it's still significantly more laggy and less smooth than the stock browser. I also get much more empty areas when I scroll in Chrome, as the page rendering tries to catch up with me. I imagine the experience is better on something like the Nexus 4, which has a lot more power to brute force its way through Chrome's lackluster performance, but as a GNex owner I will be sticking with the stock browser. The difference in smoothness is still too noticeable for me to ignore.
Can anyone please recommend a decent ad blocker for Android?
I have a Galaxy S3 (non rooted) and Adblock Plus doesn't work, in the notification centre it says "Ads are blocked on WiFi connection" - I guess that means it doesn't work over 3G? Annoying since that's the only reason I want it, to help speed things up and conserve bandwidth
I have a Galaxy S3 (non rooted) and Adblock Plus doesn't work, in the notification centre it says "Ads are blocked on WiFi connection" - I guess that means it doesn't work over 3G? Annoying since that's the only reason I want it, to help speed things up and conserve bandwidth
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Can anyone please recommend a decent ad blocker for Android?
I have a Galaxy S3 (non rooted) and Adblock Plus doesn't work, in the notification centre it says "Ads are blocked on WiFi connection" - I guess that means it doesn't work over 3G? Annoying since that's the only reason I want it, to help speed things up and conserve bandwidth
Firefox has extensions you can use the actual Adblock+ that is better than the app. You'd have to use FF though.
Also if you are really that worried about bandwidth you could try opera mobile with turbo enabled. You'd have to use Opera though.
Yeah, I am enjoying it quite a bit. I'm so used to using it that I can't bring myself to use the stock browser anymore even if it works a bit better.
Spiritreaver
Member
Random, but what's a great cocktail app? I go out somewhat often and am trying to figure out new drinks to order, what's in them etc. Would be nice to have an app with a pretty extensive list of drinks with a random drink option. Tried a few, but they were either lacking or annoying to use.
Cocktail Flow
Can anyone please recommend a decent ad blocker for Android?
I have a Galaxy S3 (non rooted) and Adblock Plus doesn't work, in the notification centre it says "Ads are blocked on WiFi connection" - I guess that means it doesn't work over 3G? Annoying since that's the only reason I want it, to help speed things up and conserve bandwidth
I use adaway and it's pretty good.
Just tried the Chrome Beta app for the first time and it's twice as fast with the sun java benchmark on my note II and with the browser benchmark from rightware it has a 60% boost. With power saving mode it is as you described though, more choppy when scrolling...
How do you look through your history with the chrome app btw? I've only seen a way to clear history :S
Thank you, bookmarked it.
Also some apps I find useful since getting my phone a few weeks ago:
Some good apps to cut back on battery wastage or just cutting back on the bloat (pretty sure they all need root):
App Quarantine to disable applications (especially stock apps) that you aren't 100% sure you want to delete but don't want constantly running in the background.
AutoStart Manager to disable receivers for various apps and system processes for various phone activity (eg on startup or when the power is connected or connectivity is changed).
AdFree
-==-==- Just other good apps
Rotation Locker (has an auto mode - need to set it to persistent with NII- and choose a wider picture for the background (fill out those side-brackets in the wallpaper selection screen)) if you want to use your phone in landscape mode sometimes.
Audio Manager Pro is also awesome for setting custom profiles such as "Silent, Vibrate, Night/Day" and toggling between them easily.
URLy - uploading pictures (and also shortening links).
iTag for getting album art..one by one - also never choose "set as art for album" when you are browsing "All Songs"
ColorNote lets you have a readable note widget
SeriesGuide works well for telling you upcoming/recent favourite tv shows
If you are in the UK, TVCatchup lets you watch all the live digital tv channels
Oh and before I forget (I got my 32GB today) - GL to SD - to save space from large games:
---This lets you move files (similar to app2sd - which doesn't work with note 2) to your SD card. Mainly used with gameloft games but also shows SOME others like GTA III, Max Payne, Splice, Metal Slug, Mini Motor, the Sonic games, JSR etc. But you have to launch them from the list in the app itself. Also make sure to choose "Unmount and Exit" from the options when you are done otherwise I think other normal apps will start writing data to the external card instead of the main one, which isn't great -not entirely sure how heavy multitasking would affect it but seems to work fine. It auto mounts when running the apps. It will transfer the data files too if they are already there (which is how I've been doing it). You may see duplicates in the list.
Thanks, this is a good option though ideally it'd work with non-browser apps too
Many thanks, unfortunately this one requires root though
Choppasmith
Member
Okay, finally got fed up with Swype as there's a really annoying bug involving quoting posts here on GAF and now am trying SwiftKey flow and really liking it. It's a little different, commas are kind of a pain, and I hate how I have to go back to change an auto corrected word, but man I love the fact that it has arrow keys built in. Emoticon selection is better too.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Hey guys, I've recently discovered the awesomeness of nova launcher. I tried GO once and it was so confusing, but this is simple as pie and lets me make things look just as I want.
A few questions. I'm not rooted, is there any way I can change my stock jellybean keyboard and notification shades/bar to red & black, too? I'm on a nexus 7 if that matters to you.
A few questions. I'm not rooted, is there any way I can change my stock jellybean keyboard and notification shades/bar to red & black, too? I'm on a nexus 7 if that matters to you.
It looks like your phone lives right across the street from a Kenny Rogers Roasters.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Any alternate apps for Google Play Music?
On twitter they mentioned an update should appear next week.
Melhisedek
Member
Guys any browser that will zoom exactly to the text width as Safari on iPhone? Default one and Dolphin zoom a lot more so I have to adjust the zoom all the time
It's not zoomed in. Your screen is bigger.
Check settings for font size from the browser itself
The Faceless Master
Member
Koush released a beta for a new backup app... and i didn't even make a joke about the name!!!
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/THW5HiEpa4R
video of it looks good.
Koushik Dutta said:
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/THW5HiEpa4R
video of it looks good.
Guys, check out this new RSS/Google Reader app called FlowReader. It's pretty neat: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.ribs.rssflow
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Well, good JS performance is certainly nice, but smooth scrolling will always trump that for me. So I'll be sticking with the stock browser, at least for now. Chrome simply isn't optimized enough to feel as nice on the GNex's aging hardware.
favouriteflavour
Member
I just got a motorola razr V to replace my Galaxy Note (stolen unfortunately). It is pretty good so far but it doesn't have an awesome slideshow widget like my Note did. That one could select specific photos and could be resized. Any alternatives?
Taco_Human
Member
So i learned Soundhound sucks now. Best alternative app for music identificstion?
Shazam has been working better than Sounfhound for me so far. There's also the Play Music Sound Search thing but I can't comment on it.
Also, RIP Copernicus yet again lol
Got this phone on Christmas Eve. Great little phone.
genericsuperhero
Member
I've been flip-flopping around between Currents and Flipboard on my N10 trying to figure out which one is better for what I want, then thanks to this thread I found Feedly, and it's perfect.
Now, what I want to do is put a news ticker type widget on my home screen that will scroll or display headlines for my RSS feeds, then when I click on the headline, will open Feedly. Feedly's widget (and Flipboards, and Current's) is headline + image, and I'm looking for something simply text based, preferably with a transparent background.
Is such a thing even possible?
Now, what I want to do is put a news ticker type widget on my home screen that will scroll or display headlines for my RSS feeds, then when I click on the headline, will open Feedly. Feedly's widget (and Flipboards, and Current's) is headline + image, and I'm looking for something simply text based, preferably with a transparent background.
Is such a thing even possible?
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Asking this again.
Web searching provides several choices all of which don't do this, even though they seem to claim to.
I was hoping for something similar as well for show on my Nexus 7 (the newest Feedly widget is better, but I don't like how its a static 4 blocks wide and not automatic). The best I could find is the widget with Google Reader. It flips through the last 10 headlines and you can manually flip through them as well. However, tapping the headline opens in Google Reader and it's not transparent. Still, it's the closest I could find to fit my needs.