Is there any better app for monitoring the battery usage then the built in app?
and have you seen the very first post in this thread?!
Is there any better app for monitoring the battery usage then the built in app?
And the original apps i shut down (asus or google bloatware)
Amazon kindle turned off
Asus@vibe turned off
Google+ turned off
Zinio turned off
more will follow...
You manually kill these apps everytime or what? Wish there was a way to delete them without rooting the device.
Will check it out. Damn bluetooth drains a lot of battery even if it's not connected to anything.
It's not the best technology out there, I always switch it off in every device and only rarely push files through it.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using xda app-developers app
VLC beta was also very good player for me until I updated firmware on last Friday. After firmware update it crashes when I enter "folder view"...
Browser: Boat Browser
I'm finding it much better than Dolphin Browser! It's very sleek and fast, has InCognito mode like Chrome, and allows for Easy User Agent Switching. Also, no worries about that privacy issue in Dolphin Browser. I'm wondering why I hadn't heard of Boat Browser before. My phone is using Miren at the moment. I might make the switch there too, but I enjoy having a different experience on my tablet.
Browser: Boat Browser
I'm finding it much better than Dolphin Browser! It's very sleek and fast, has InCognito mode like Chrome, and allows for Easy User Agent Switching. Also, no worries about that privacy issue in Dolphin Browser. I'm wondering why I hadn't heard of Boat Browser before. My phone is using Miren at the moment. I might make the switch there too, but I enjoy having a different experience on my tablet.
Launcher: Apex Launcher
It's working great for me, I really like the ability to re-size widgets.
Keyboard: Touch Pal
I'm a Swyper on my Evo, so I thought I'd give this one a try. so far so good! I like the quick access to the alternate keys. (For example, the numbers above the letters; just slide up.)
how is Apex different than the stock launcher in terms of resizing? There is a possibility to resize widgets in the stock launcher.
Ok, I've just tried three popular launchers and I just find Nova most useful and the fastest!
I'm glad I had my input in popularising RepliGo, it's a really good reader app, so fast compared to all others..
Let's share our finds here. My list of "best for X on the Infinity":
a) I/O scheduler (after rooting): sio
[b) CPU governor (default kernel so far): interactive (default)] <-- both managed by No-frills and ATP Tweak bundled
c) web browser: Dolphin Browser (I like Chrome, but it doesn't support H/W acceleration on TF700) [any reason why FireFox isn't available for the Infinity, btw??]
d) (fastest) PDF reader: RepliGo Reader (2nd place: iAnnotate PDF)
e) e-book reader: Cool Reader & Aldiko (stock MyLibrary is fine for epubs too)
f) Office Suite: Kingsoft Office (because it's free and very good) or OfficeSuite Pro (because it's even better / more intuitive)
g) notes: SuperNote "bundled" with TF700
h) ADBLOCK (after rooting): AdAway (!!!)
i) video player: BSPlayer FREE (2nd: VPlayer, 3rd: MX Player because of UI, but it doesn't play most of my big movie files well enough) + MyNet for network multimedia of course
j) file manager: Total Commander (+ stock file manager sometimes); WiFi File Explorer for remote management within your WiFi network
k) cloud storage: I'm used to Dropbox, although I intend to try box.net & ASUS cloud storage; not much luck with Google Drive though
l) press / news: Zinio & Press Reader seem fine; but I particularly like "BBC News" app
m) dictionary / encyclopedia app: not sure, I would like something well integrated into my Android, so far I've only tried ColorDict, as it was RepliGo's first choice I believe
n) keyboard: yet to try bunch of different keyboards next weekend [tried and liked the GO keyboard, but I didn't play well with the dock...]
o) battery management: GSam Battery Monitor (+ 2nd: Dual Battery Widget)
p) system management in general: not sure yet, I've "clicked through" System Tuner, System Monitor Lite and Tablet CPU Usage Monitor, they seem OK, but nothing special
q) calendar: the stock app + (stock?) Wizz calendar widget (transparent)
r) weather widget (& other widgets): HD Widgets [default Accuweather is OK, although it has some lame names for non-existing places]
s) music player: no preferences, I'm not using my tablet as mp3 player
t) torrents: tTorrent Pro (but because of the I/O issues I won't be using torrents too often on my Infinity)
+ games my win is Heroes Call THD, although be aware it tries to build its way through a clever micropayment system
+ other apps: Terminal Emulator (!)