"Must haves" on your newly rooted xt907

jarzy00

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Hi guys I opened this thread up to share some of my top favorite rooted applications. Many experienced users will know what most of these are but some may be new, and of course this is a great place to begin for inexperienced root users. I'm not going to go into crazy detail about all of them but I'm hoping that others will post, comment, and share their findings as well. Take a look.

Avast! - advanced mobile security that gives you virus scan, theft protection, firewall, text/call block, and more!

Adfree- self explanatory. One of the best ad blockers for your browser in the market.

Airdroid- this is my personal favorite. Simply run the app, follow the quick instructions and BOOM you are managing all your own files from your phone both internal and external on your regular desktop computers or laptops. Its super easy to use and a must have.

Cachemate- clears cache with a click of a button.

My backup (root edition) - serves just like titanium backup. Easily backup your apks and data or just apks alone. Also includes photos/videos/music. Reason why I prefer this is because I used to use titanium mainly for freezing and backing up but ics/jb both have the "disable" option now.

Quickboot- quickly boot into recovery/reboot/power off

Root browser- arguably the best file explorer/manager out there. Pretty fast r/w speeds.

Root call blocker- not only can you manually enter the numbers you want blocked but this is one of the first apps I found where your phone won't even ring whatsoever.

SD booster- boost SD card speed. Don't know too much about it but was told from a friend to set the speed to 2048kb for optimization.

Terminal emulator- the "command prompt" of android.

Undelete- ever accidently delete a file and get really mad? Simply run this app and snatch it back!

Voodoo ota- copies your superuser binaries and allows you to keep root after an ota update (going to come in handy once the official jb comes through :) )

Hope you guys enjoy these apps. Obviously not responsible for anything that these do to your device. Please comment and also share your findings ! Thank you


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fargles

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why was this not more of a thing?

Also, a cool app TO HAVE FUN WITH YOUR FRIENDS WITH (ONLY) is DroidSheep. It's a packet sniffing app, it's cool.
 

jco23

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greenify is great.

my recommendations are Android Firewall, Root Explorer, and Titanium Backup.

Android Firewall is great in that it blocks internet (WiFi/mobile data/both) to apps that you specify. this is great for blocking ads for those that want to play games that do not require a data connection.
 

ezknives

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As this thread is about root apps I thought I'd ask here rather then start a new thread.... has anyone found a screen recorder that actually works on the M? I've tried SRC and screencast with no luck...even a method that requires me to connect it to the PC would be great....

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jco23

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As this thread is about root apps I thought I'd ask here rather then start a new thread.... has anyone found a screen recorder that actually works on the M? I've tried SRC and screencast with no luck...even a method that requires me to connect it to the PC would be great....

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not sure what you mean by "screen recorder" - but check out Dragon - it has a voice recorder app.
 

Johneedoe

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As this thread is about root apps I thought I'd ask here rather then start a new thread.... has anyone found a screen recorder that actually works on the M? I've tried SRC and screencast with no luck...even a method that requires me to connect it to the PC would be great....

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I just found an app in the Android apps and games section called Shou that worked well for me

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ezknives

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not sure what you mean by "screen recorder" - but check out Dragon - it has a voice recorder app.
Its like a screen shot in video form... records everything that happens on the screen....
just found and installed shou... doesnt work... started it once to test it... recorded about 45sec stopped it tried to play back and same as the rest... its a 1kb file that says cannot be played... now I can start recording but not stop it... oh well...

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jco23

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Its like a screen shot in video form... records everything that happens on the screen....
just found and installed shou... doesnt work... started it once to test it... recorded about 45sec stopped it tried to play back and same as the rest... its a 1kb file that says cannot be played... now I can start recording but not stop it... oh well...

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ah - no, I have not... haven't really needed too. although, I'm sure there are some. I've seen folks show the "angry birds walkthrough" - and that looks like a screen recorder.

sorry I couldn't help.
 

ezknives

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ah - no, I have not... haven't really needed too. although, I'm sure there are some. I've seen folks show the "angry birds walkthrough" - and that looks like a screen recorder.

sorry I couldn't help.
No worries... some times you just wanna record that skype session ;) ... and im never on the pc anymore only if i brick or need to transfer backups to the good ole external hard drive for safe keeping....I've tried them all... starting to think its just an issue with my M not a xt907 issue... the dev of shou messaged me tho I hope to get it working...

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