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Our very own thread to discuss and chat about the OS, ROM's, apps from Android Market, our Android phones, tips & tricks, questions, and help issues. With the different phones out now and to be released from various carriers, I figure we all have a lot in common with the Android OS. We can discuss what we like, need help with, what apps are cool or don't work well, as well as questions and help issues. Given that CSR's from the various carriers may know less than we do, this thread is for all of us so we can help one another.
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Last Edited by RyanInFlorida March 23, 2010 at 07:14 AM
Post what apps you like here. Smilie

8Footprints http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...-qitF.aspx
AppManager http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...r-qEn.aspx
AppsInstaller http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...-jpAw.aspx
Astrid http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...d-pjE.aspx
Barcode Scanner http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...d-xzA.aspx
CM Updater (if you've rooted your phone) http://code.google.com/p/cyanogen...k&can=2&q=
GDE http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...-zwAp.aspx
Goggles http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...-xAxB.aspx
Handcent SMS [androlib.com]- Better SMS system then the default app. Allows for different styles and functions
Key Ring http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...-jmAt.aspx
Layar Reality Browser [androlib.com]- Look through the camera of your Android device and see digital information displayed on top of it.
My Coupons [androlib.com]- App that finds coupons/deals, great for us SD'ers
Pandora [androlib.com] - enter song or artist name and it will play similar songs
Metal detector --- find it in the android marker. It has a picture of a robot droid buzzing. Really Cool!
SayMyName http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...-qjFD.aspx
Shazam http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...d-wFn.aspx
Sherpa http://www.androlib.com/android.a...-jDAE.aspx
ShopSavvy http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...y-xqE.aspx
SportsTap http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...p-pBi.aspx
TasKiller http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...-jizF.aspx
Valpak http://www.androlib.com/android.a...-xEpw.aspx - Get exclusive coupons for restaurants, auto care, entertainment, beauty, home & garden, health & medical, professional services and retail shops near you
Weatherbug Elite http://uk.androlib.com/android.ap...-qwwp.aspx
What the Doodle!? [androlib.com]- fun pictionary type game, online vs actual people.
Where [androlib.com]- great travel companion, local search utility

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luckykitti
10-27-2009 at 10:09 AM.
10-27-2009 at 10:09 AM.
Quote from Demosthenes9 :
Oh, might have to go mess with it again and try a diff keyboard.

Think I might also abuse Sprint's 30 day thing. Just get the Hero, play with it until the Moment comes out, then see what happens from there.
I want to see the moment too.

Quote from Sonofabeech :
Good for you sweetie, you got a Hero!!! I love mine! (all of them!) Wife wanted one too, so we got her one as well. For the force close on some apps, I have not had a big problem, but I read the comments people left when they rated the app. If there are a lot of comments about force close or someone specifically says the app does not work on the Hero, then I find a similar app with better reviews.

Q-Bert provided a linly for the Marketplace on the interwebs, so it it easier and faster to search for and find apps you want. Here - linly [cyrket.com] The reviews are there, and I have found the site to be the same as Marketplace. The apps have the QR code so you can just use the Barcode Scanner app to take a pic and go directly to that app on your Hero. Kewl, huh? woot

For your keyboard, you can calibrate it to be less touchy. Personally I use a pretty light touch and don't make a huge number of mistakes, but it took a few times to calibrate it before it got to where I want it.
hmm I don't understand what a QR code is

I have tried calibrating and it hasn't really helped... my last phone let me actually choose how touchy i wnated the screen to be

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AppManager
CompareEverywhere
FreshFace
GasBot
Locale
OperaMini
Shazam
SayMyName
SportsTap (just heard about Google Scoreboard, but SportsTap has been working great for me)
TasKiller
Traffic
Where

That's pretty much what I've got so far that I use pretty often.
sportstap worked for me for about 2 weeks but now it won't even work... I tried rebooting the phone, but that didnt help... I will have to reinstall the app. but now that you mention google scoreboard I will try that instead.

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A whopping $25 credit.
my friend got $100

Quote from Demosthenes9 :
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http://www.engadgetmobile.com/200...-problems/
OMG I brushed that off when dwells first showed me the article but now I just told my brother about it and he reminded me that I was having that issue when I first got the phone.........

Blowup
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desrtrnnr
10-27-2009 at 10:15 AM.
10-27-2009 at 10:15 AM.
Quote from luckykitti :


hmm I don't understand what a QR code is
its a lil square barcode thing that if you use one of the barcode scanner programs on your phone it will take you right to the download page


Quote from luckykitti :
I have tried calibrating and it hasn't really helped... my last phone let me actually choose how touchy i wnated the screen to be
the more you use it the better you'll get at it.. i have big fingers and i'm pretty good with the touch keyboard now.. at first i couldnt spell anything right
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10-27-2009 at 10:27 AM.
10-27-2009 at 10:27 AM.
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Demosthenes9
10-27-2009 at 12:58 PM.
10-27-2009 at 12:58 PM.
Quote from luckykitti :
I want to see the moment too.


hmm I don't understand what a QR code is

I have tried calibrating and it hasn't really helped... my last phone let me actually choose how touchy i wnated the screen to be


sportstap worked for me for about 2 weeks but now it won't even work... I tried rebooting the phone, but that didnt help... I will have to reinstall the app. but now that you mention google scoreboard I will try that instead.



my friend got $100



OMG I brushed that off when dwells first showed me the article but now I just told my brother about it and he reminded me that I was having that issue when I first got the phone.........

Blowup


Kitti, this is a QR code Name: chart.png Views: 150 Size: 708 Bytes

Basically, it's a 2 dimensional barcode. If you have a barcode scanner app, you could scan that code with your phone and it would take you to the App in the Market Place where you could download it.


For the keyboard, I switched to TouchPal but strangely, it's not showing in the Marketplace for me right now.

But if you can find and install it, give it a shot. I like it a lot better than the native keyboard, I don't make as many mistakes with it.
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Sonofabeech
10-27-2009 at 01:46 PM.
10-27-2009 at 01:46 PM.
Quote from Demosthenes9 :
Kitti, this is a QR code Attachment 275441

Basically, it's a 2 dimensional barcode. If you have a barcode scanner app, you could scan that code with your phone and it would take you to the App in the Market Place where you could download it.


For the keyboard, I switched to TouchPal but strangely, it's not showing in the Marketplace for me right now.

But if you can find and install it, give it a shot. I like it a lot better than the native keyboard, I don't make as many mistakes with it.
Was going to try Touch Pal but the reviewers with the Hero said it did not work on the Hero. No biggie because the native keyboard with the Hero does what the Touch Pal description claims anyway.

I agree with using the keyboard makes you better at it. Calibrating helped me a lot, but using it has helped even more. I have not been affected by the text messages issue so I have been able to send and receive texts. I email a great deal too, so I end up using the Hero keyboard big time so I am used to it. May even try the compact qwerty keyboard to see if I can type even faster! Whee
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Q-Bert
10-27-2009 at 05:17 PM.
10-27-2009 at 05:17 PM.
Quote from luckykitti :
hmm I don't understand what a QR code is
QR Code is a 2D bar code. Go to http://www.cyrket.com/ and search for an app. You'll see a square "dots" thing... looks like a partially completed tetris puzzle.

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sportstap worked for me for about 2 weeks but now it won't even work... I tried rebooting the phone, but that didnt help... I will have to reinstall the app. but now that you mention google scoreboard I will try that instead.
If you got an OS update, you might have to get the latest version.

Quote from desrtrnnr :
its a lil square barcode thing that if you use one of the barcode scanner programs on your phone it will take you right to the download page
Has anyone had their barcode scanner pick up a QR code off their monitor?
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10-27-2009 at 05:53 PM.
10-27-2009 at 05:53 PM.
Quote from Q-Bert :
QR Code is a 2D bar code. Go to http://www.cyrket.com/ and search for an app. You'll see a square "dots" thing... looks like a partially completed tetris puzzle.



If you got an OS update, you might have to get the latest version.



Has anyone had their barcode scanner pick up a QR code off their monitor?
Yup! That's how I search for and find apps now, right on the computer. Then I just have the scanner pick it up right off the monitor, then tap for it to open the phone browser for the app and go right to it. It's easy as pie.
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Demosthenes9
10-27-2009 at 05:55 PM.
10-27-2009 at 05:55 PM.
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Has anyone had their barcode scanner pick up a QR code off their monitor?
Yep, off an LCD monitor and a 50" Plasma.
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Q-Bert
10-27-2009 at 06:09 PM.
10-27-2009 at 06:09 PM.
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Yep, off an LCD monitor and a 50" Plasma.
Hmm... I've tried off two Dell 22" monitors, one with gloss and one with matte filter. And neither are getting picked up.
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10-28-2009 at 02:32 AM.
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http://www.engadgetmobile.com/200...-problems/
Was not seeing these issues on my Hero, or at least it's not any worse than my wife's Blackberry since we both ported our numbers this weekend, but not a super heavy texter, so Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)

As a former G1 user (loved it until it got water damage), the Hero is AMAZING. I have owned many many qwerty phones and the G1 iPhone and think the Hero destroys them all in looks and functionality. The on-screen kbd takes getting used to but I can type pretty quickly on it without issue, and the auto-correct is pretty good.

Yeah iphone users, there aren't 4000 app store games about feeding virtual kitties or diner dash clones, but stuff I actually *need* (SSH client, Pandora, facebook) is there and works great.

Actually one shortcoming is tethering, but I may just lay out the $30 for pdanet until the hero is successfully rooted.

The Droid looks nice, but verizon not working in my area coupled with the fact that I HATE THEM makes the hero the easy choice, and the same reception issues with T-mo means no Cliq, though that does look slick as well.
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desrtrnnr
10-28-2009 at 08:47 AM.
10-28-2009 at 08:47 AM.
it wont take long to root the hero and then you can just install wireless tether..
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10-28-2009 at 05:02 PM.
10-28-2009 at 05:02 PM.
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it wont take long to root the hero and then you can just install wireless tether..
Rooting causes the Hero to lose the HTC Sense UI though, right? Sense UI is one of the things I love about the Hero! Isn't there a pretty good risk of bricking the Hero when rooting it?
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10-28-2009 at 05:12 PM.
10-28-2009 at 05:12 PM.
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It's hard to see a repost (or avoid them) when the other person is on your blocklist. laugh out loud
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10-28-2009 at 10:55 PM.
10-28-2009 at 10:55 PM.
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Rooting causes the Hero to lose the HTC Sense UI though, right? Sense UI is one of the things I love about the Hero! Isn't there a pretty good risk of bricking the Hero when rooting it?

Hey SOB, I saw you say something in another thread about setting up different "profiles" ? Mind getting in and explaining that a bit ?
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10-29-2009 at 06:51 AM.
10-29-2009 at 06:51 AM.
Quote from Sonofabeech :
Rooting causes the Hero to lose the HTC Sense UI though, right? Sense UI is one of the things I love about the Hero! Isn't there a pretty good risk of bricking the Hero when rooting it?
If the Hero is anything like the mytouch, the UI is just another app that runs over everything. The mytouch has multiple UI you can install. I use Freshface. I'm sure that when it's rooted someone will have the UI available to load.

The only "risk" is if you don't follow instructions.
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