[List] Useful apps; Add your favourites!

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Hey guys,

I'm very interrested what apps you all out there are using. And I think it is very convenient for everyone if we had a collection of very useful apps. What do you think? Tell the others what useful tools you have installed on your phone! If enough people participate this eventually could become sticky...

Here is the current list:

Last Update: 2012-05-19

Backup & Restore:

 

• Call Logs backup and restore - as the name suggests (exctngdude)
• Rom Toolbox - The biggest app for rom management, includes nearly every thing a root user dreams of: backup and restore, cpu and io tweaks, ad
• SMS back up and restore - as the name suggests (exctngdude)
• Titanium Backup - Probably the most famous backup and restore app (whitebaldman, bscraze)

Browser:

 

• Boat Browser -
• Dolphin HD 7 - (Vrz.)
• Maxthon Browser - (bscraze)
• Opera Mobile - A powerful and fast webbrower (bscraze)
• Opera Mini - A fast browser with compression trough the opera servers

Downloader:

 

• TTorrent - (nicsptl)
• ADownloader - (Gondya bhau)

GPS:

 

• SpeedView - App to show your speed (exctngdude)
• Sygic - A very good navigation app with TomTom maps

Keyboards:

 

• Smart Keyboard - A nice and simple customizable Keyboard with useful functions
• SwiftkeyX (exctngdude)

Launchers:

 

• Go Launcher - A very fast, beautiful customizable Launcher
• Zeam Launcher - (Vrz.)

Management:

 

• AirDroid - Manage your Phone via PC over a web interface (xda_emanuel)
• MyPhoneExplorer - Manage your Phone, install apps, write messages and call friends with this app via your PC

Markets

 

• Aptoide - (whitebaldman)
• Appbrain market app - Useful for managing app updates (exctngdude)

Media:

 

• Camera 360 Ultimate - A Camera app with many effects and a stabilizer
• Camera fv5 - camera app with default dslr setting (loneagl)
• MIUI Music Player - (loneagl)
• Mx Video Player - (loneagl)
• PowerAMP - A music player with a great dsp/equalizer plugin
• QuickPic - A very fast picture browser (bscraze)
• Zedge - Find Backgrounds and Ringtones (Gondya bhau)

Phone:

 

• Go SMS - A good SMS app with useful features (nicsptl)
• exDialer - A nice MIUI styled dialer and contact browser
• Contacts GroupU - it integrates with phone contacts & you can assign contacts into groups so no need what so ever to use stupid kies. Use this with contact & SMS backup app mentioned in 1st post. (sgsI9003)

Security:

 

• DroidWall - Allow or forbid apps to access the internet
• LBE Privacy Guard - Manage permissions of your installed apps
• Kaspersky Mobile Security - Anti Virus, Anti Theft, Call & SMS Filter (whitebaldman)

Social

 

• Tapatalk - Unite all Tapatalk supported forums in one app (whitebaldman)
• TweakDeck - (Vrz.)
• XDA - A Tapatalk derivate that lets you participate in the xda forums (bscraze)

Tasks:

 

• Any.do - (Vrz.)

Tools:

 

• AdAway - A good adblocker (Gondya bhau)
• AdFree - A good adblocker
• Brightest flash light - Makes your screen to goto full brightness with white color (exctngdude)
• DiskUsage - Shows a graphic of diskspace being used (exctngdude)
• EboBirthday - Manage your relatives and friends birthdays with customized reminders and calendar export
• ES File Explorer - A good file explorer with network browsing (Gondya bhau)
• HandyCalc - A powerful calculator app with equation solver, graph, converter and all that usual stuff in a easy way to use.
• MyPhoneExplorer Client - Access your phones file system, calendar, contacts, do calls and write sms from your computer
• Network booster - it selects the best cell tower in your area automatically. (sgsI9003)
• PdaNet - USB and Bluetooth tethering (loneagl)
• Prefixer - Useful for me when in roaming, it automatically adds the digit 0 to outgoing calls. Various other rules possible. (exctngdude)
• QuickDic - A good offline dictionary for translation into english
• Rings Extended - Replaces the standard ringtone selector to easily select ringtones from files of apps like zedge
• Solid Explorer Beta - Powerful multitab file explorer with root access and a very nice interface
• Tasker - a swiss army knife for your phone automation, anything & everything is possible to automate. (sgsI9003)

Tools 4 Root

 

• Blade Buddy - Enables you to do some to edit some build.prop values with a single tap
• Clock Sync - Automaticly syncs your devices time with the atomic time
• Directory Bind - Mounts folders to other places. Have all your gamedata on external sd instead of internal memory!
• Rom Toolbox - The biggest app for rom management, includes nearly every thing a root user dreams of: backup and restore, cpu and io tweaks, ad blocker, terminal, root browser, ...
• Rootdim - Lower your screen brightness levels to below stock level (exctngdude)
• Screenshot ER Demo - Makes taking screenshots easier
• Solid Explorer Beta - Powerful multitab file explorer with root access and a very nice interface

Weather

 

• AccuWeather - Detailed weather app with widget (whitebaldman)

Widgets:

 

• Aix Weather - Nice 24h graph showing temp and rainfall
• AccuWeather - Detailed weather app with widget (whitebaldman)
• Minimalistic Text - Powerful app showing information as text
• GoCalendar - Very nice calendar for Go Launcher
• Widgetsoid - Very good toogle widget for both homescreen and notification area.

Do you have anything to add? Reply and name your additions!

Taraen

Widgets: accuweather...it is the most accurate for me!
Clock(any kind)I need to see the time very big always!
Apps: tapatalk...reunite all forums in one place is really useful!
Titanium backup...well known for everyone.
Cachemate...for root users only,it cleans all cache and it is very useful to free memory!
Kaspersky... I use it for blocking unwanted messages from my phone company,hehe
Aptoide...it is the best to try everything before buying!

Sent from my GT I9003L Using SkyBlue tapatalk 2

Titanium backup and xda are hr most important apps for me . Maxthon browser and opera mobile too.

Cheers

Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by Stable and Smooth CyanogenMod 9!

Thanks for your additions. I have added them to the list and at the same time I have sorted it a little better.

Anything more? Dont forget to give a little description

Oh quickpic too, its a fast picture browser .

Cheers

Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by Stable and Smooth CyanogenMod 9!

apps

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Browser

• Android Stock
• Dolphin HD 7 ( new are really stupid with sonar )
• Opera *

Launchers

• Zeam Launcher
• Zeam Launcher.
• Zeam Launcherr

Security

• Only true security app are droidwall

Social

• XDA_Premium, donation to xda are always welcome
• Tweakdeck

Utility

• Any.do

ttorrent for torrent download.
Go sms for sms apps.
Imdb for movies and videos

dont forget AirDroid. The best app for manage ur phone via pc.

I like TB, Go launcher, Maxthon, ES file explorer and Zedge....BTW any good app to increase speaker volume ?? Is DSP manager the best...i read it can double the volume....

EDIT : and ya Adaway, Adownloader(torrents) and droid wall...

Thank you everyone. I've updated the list.