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Sign up with an adobe account, have a library card and get good free ebooks and audio books anytime. Works on g tablet. Grab it from the market just search for overdrive
I second this post! If you have any problems let me know. The CEO is a good friend of mine.
I use Overdrive for my library books and love it!
Mikeg1969 said:
I use Overdrive for the library "books" but audio books will won't work with android.
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Mikeg,
Its working here for the last three days on my tab.
Do you get errors when starting the audio?
Doesn't work for me
I'm a big Overdrive user on the PC and was excited to see it available on the Gtab, but it seems there are some issues.
The Overdrive program runs and I am able to register my Adobe ID. However:
- it only allows me to download ePub or mp3 files, as it thinks I am am Apple computer (probably due to the browser)
- every ePub file I tried either gave me a permissions error or the download hung and never finishes.
This is with the Boston Public Library Overdrive site.
Craig
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Mikeg,
Its working here for the last three days on my tab.
Do you get errors when starting the audio?
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I cannot seem to find any that are not in Window Media format. I have tried to download and play one of them but says does not support that format (cannot remember exactly what comes up). Just haven't found any in mp3 format that I want to listen to yet... Sorry for implying that the audio "just doesn't work" I have edited my original post. I do use and enjoy Overdrive for reading my library books, it's a great program.
Roadzero said:
Sign up with an adobe account, have a library card and get good free ebooks and audio books anytime. Works on g tablet. Grab it from the market just search for overdrive
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I'm slightly confused here. Why do you need the Adobe ID?
My daughter was looking at this as it makes it easier for her check out books for school. Sadly all they have locally (NE PA) is audiobooks.
aaltieri said:
I'm slightly confused here. Why do you need the Adobe ID?
My daughter was looking at this as it makes it easier for her check out books for school. Sadly all they have locally (NE PA) is audiobooks.
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You need the adobe id because epub is an adobe digital format if I am not mistaken. I guess adobe gets a cut of every file downloaded. On my public librarys site they had the audio books on the main page and you had to dig to find the ebooks.
it doesn't work. i activated it with my digital id but it doesn't open the ebook from library. need help here.
I assume you have a library account, you logged in on your library site and have downloaded the overdrive for android 2.0 apk? When you download a book, it saves it to you "overdrive" library on your device. You then open overdrive apk to select from your "library" of books and launch the reading of the book from there. Give me a step by step on how you are running it and I may be able to get some tech help from Overdrive staff. I have access to their tech support sometimes through a friend.
ok, here is what i did.
1. on my G tablet. i start overdrive.
2. tap on setting button(under the home button on the side), tap on get books.
3. choose the library (county of los angeles public library)
4. sign in with my library card number.
5. search the book (everybody's guide to small claims court).
6. add the book to my cart.
7. check out and start download.
8. a message show up says: OverDrive Media Console
This version of OverDrive Media Console does not support PDF eBook titles.
I have a question. I have registered with Adobe and have been authorized in the overdrive software settings but when I go to my library account in the ebooks that I have checked out via the libraries ebook website and try to download I get a blank white page that says error not authorized etc. Thanks for your help. I have been able to download from the free book libraries etc so I figure something is not talking between apps..ie the library/overdrive/adobe??
Update:
Contacted overdrive by email and they said to try a different browser as the stock browser that comes with the gtab out of the box does not play well with their app. Downloaded the dolphin browser and everything ran smoothly.
I haven't tried this ony my Gtab yet, but did attempt to experience it on my PC. I would have thought that my library (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh) would have been a little further than it appears that they are. I was able to find books, but it's a very paltry selection. For instance, they report having 61 books in their history section. I clicked on the list only to find that all but 11 books were unaivalable. One of the largest public library systems in the country, with a storied history only has 11 history books available to borrow?
When I was at the library and saw the ad for this service, I talked to the librarian about it. I mentioned that this would be nice, because being in electronic format, that they SHOULD have unlimitted resources. I mean, logically, I am not renting a physical book, but an electronic version of a book. She mentioned thay they actually only have limited licensing per copy. You don't have to worry about overdue fees, because the system automatically expires your rental after 30 days. SO, the 50 history books that were "signed out," will be available 30 days after their original rental date. And don't forget that you can reserve them for when they are available. That means that I might not be able to actually access the "book" that I want to read for maybe 3 months?
if you think that this might be a good resource for children, think again. At our library, anyway, they don't even have a children's section online.
I understand that they are still in the beginning stages of this program, but really, Amazon Kindle store has a ton of "classics" for free, that I can't even get electronically from my public library.
The library even advertised a "class" that you can take ot learn how ot use this new, wonderful system. All I could picture after my experience was a teacher attempting to demonstrate how to sign out a book, only to find tha there aren't any available to rent. She'll keep clicking, and clicking on lists trying ot find a book that she can use for her demonstration...great way to introcude people to the system, huh?
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I second this post! If you have any problems let me know. The CEO is a good friend of mine.
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If that is true, tell him we need some wma DRM support. Audio Books is useless on android w/overdrive because 95% of them will not work because the lack of wma drm support.
But good thing I can put mp3s in a podcast folder for bookmark support on stock music player!
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You need the adobe id because epub is an adobe digital format i
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To be a bit pedantic: epub is not an adobe format. It's open.
However, DRM can be laid on top of it, and this looks like adobe drm, so you need an adobe id.
Adobe ID
How do you get an Adobe ID?
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nvm, got it!!
I cannot get overdrive to install on my tablet. :-/ I keep getting error telling me installation was unsuccessful...
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I set it up on my wife's Nook Color and it worked great. I also set it up for my gTab without luck. I could download book but the Nook Software won't open it. I had to download a different epub app - though it's probably a Nook software issue and not Overdrive.
I recently got this working on my gtab running TNT Lite 4.4
I can read the books either in Overdrive Media Console (OMC) or Aldiko Free. I prefer Aldiko as it has 2 page support in landscape mode.
The download using the stock browser fails, I had to use Opera Mini (other browsers may work too). The download from the library page downloads a .acsm file.
The reader (OMC or Aldiko) then reads the .acsm file and downloads the epub.
The Overdrive Media Console downloaded epub cannot be read with Aldiko, even though Aldiko has the Adobe DRM support. The epub has to be downloaded by the app to be used for reading.
To read using Aldiko..
Enable/Sign in Adobe DRM on Aldiko. (simple registration if you dont have an account).
From the library overdrive page download the book using Opera Mini, and save it (instead of opening OMC). This will save the .acsm file in your downloads dir. Use iFileManager or AstroFileManager to open the file, and it will give you an option for Aldiko. Choosing this will download the book and put it on your Aldiko shelf. For some reason you cannot open the .acsm file from Aldiko itself, so you have to go through a file manager. Also ES file explorer does not seem to know how to open the .acsm file.
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I cannot get overdrive to install on my tablet. :-/ I keep getting error telling me installation was unsuccessful...
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Got it working.. it ended up that I was out of space... :-|
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Is anyone know where can find a Ereader for WP7 that can access txt/PDB file in SD card / Storage?
Thanks.
freda
sor far I dont know of any ebook reader that can access your sd cards to search for ebooks saved on it but...
have a look here: Ebook Reader - Freda, you also can find it in the market place. With freda you cannot directly access or copy eboods on your sd card, but you can access a dropbox account from wich you can download any placed ebooks there. According to the developer only EPUB (DRM-free), HTML and TXT format are supported. Might not be exactly what you are looking for but its a start.
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sor far I dont know of any ebook reader that can access your sd cards to search for ebooks saved on it but...
have a look here: Ebook Reader - Freda, you also can find it in the market place. With freda you cannot directly access or copy eboods on your sd card, but you can access a dropbox account from wich you can download any placed ebooks there. According to the developer only EPUB (DRM-free), HTML and TXT format are supported. Might not be exactly what you are looking for but its a start.
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I also search and try some readers in market place but no luck to find out directly method to access file in storge
But i will try the dropbox method you suggested.
Thanks folumi
from my trials, Amazon Kindle reader is the best ebook reader for WP7 out there - in terms of performance, UI, functionality, etc. I converted all my epub books to Kindle's format and side-loaded them on my WP7. Works like a charm...just perfect
If this is an option or u, then take a look at the side-loading Kindle books thread and you're good to go.
Cheers
To answer the original question: actually there is no way to access 'SD Card/Storage' on Windows Phone 7. The storage card is formatted in a weird way, and it not accessible via USB synch. When you connect your phone to your PC using Zune, you can synch media files (music and video) onto it, but you can't control whether those files go on to the SD Card or into the phone's internal memory; the OS will just put them somewhere in its accessible memory space, and link them into the phone's Media Hub folder.
The Zune USB synch system and the WP7 media player don't understand any ebook formats, so there is no point putting EPUB (or MOBI, or PDB or PDF ... ) files into the Zune media folder - because they will get synched into the Media Hub folder on the phone, and the only program (WP7 Media Player) that has access to that folder does not know how to read those file types.
So you have to use an App (like Freda, Amazon or ABookReader) that comes with some way of side-loading ebooks into the app's own folders on the phone. Amazon does this using the Kindle side-load function, Freda and ABookReader can fetch books from DropBox, OPDS catalogs and web-sites.
I recommend Freda, but then I would, wouldn't I (see sig.)
Jim Chapman said:
To answer the original question: actually there is no way to access 'SD Card/Storage' on Windows Phone 7. The storage card is formatted in a weird way, and it not accessible via USB synch. When you connect your phone to your PC using Zune, you can synch media files (music and video) onto it, but you can't control whether those files go on to the SD Card or into the phone's internal memory; the OS will just put them somewhere in its accessible memory space, and link them into the phone's Media Hub folder.
The Zune USB synch system and the WP7 media player don't understand any ebook formats, so there is no point putting EPUB (or MOBI, or PDB or PDF ... ) files into the Zune media folder - because they will get synched into the Media Hub folder on the phone, and the only program (WP7 Media Player) that has access to that folder does not know how to read those file types.
So you have to use an App (like Freda, Amazon or ABookReader) that comes with some way of side-loading ebooks into the app's own folders on the phone. Amazon does this using the Kindle side-load function, Freda and ABookReader can fetch books from DropBox, OPDS catalogs and web-sites.
I recommend Freda, but then I would, wouldn't I (see sig.)
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I've been looking for you, in fact...
Foremost, let me thank you for the extraordinary devotion you've put into Freda, moreover that its actually free. I truly do appreciate it, as many others who commend it without hesitation.
I also would like to suggest to you that you consider/solicit assistance from some of XDA's finest graphics/ui designers, for example, EL Condor or the team currently responsible for the GTX theme. Freda is a testament to your FINE programming skills, but I believe it would benefit greatly from UI overhaul and aesthetic improvements.
I hope you consider this seriously as a sincere advice - I have nothing in my heart other than an earnest desire to see your initiative and hardwork prosper beyond its current stage.
With kindliest regards...
I use Freda. To get books on there (in any format), I use Calibre to convert to epub and then use the built in content server. Freda can access this over wifi.
indeed, freda is prolly the most promising e-reader for wp7. it's not quite usable yet, though. it has great features but desperately needs some ui design work. i really miss a decent ereader, so i'm anxiously awaiting an update.
ebook reader
really no alternatives???
yh ABookReader seems quite good although not customizable like Freda, Freda is like how it was on WinMo way too slow,this time it looks uglier...no offense Jim but every wp7 has 1ghz, books should be loading alot faster like in ABookReader.. but like everyone else agrees Freda's got lots of potential and with a little more performance improvements i wouldn't actually mind paying for it
Like I said, I tried "all" the ebook readers available in the marketplace (both paid & free). The BEST one is Amazon Kindle app. Here is why:
- Very streamlined, smooth & polished experience.
- No clutter of confusing options.
- Books load very fast, and you don't need to wait while book is loading & indexed.
- Only con is that you have to sideload your books. Check out the thread on it in this same section.
As for the rest, here are my 2 cents;
ABookReader, Freda, and iSilo all suffer from one or more of these:
- Jittery performance - lots of stuttering.
- Very slow to load & index apps and you can't really do anything while that's happening.
- inconsistent experience: too many options that are scattered all over the place, and they all invariably lack the familiar, content-centric design of Metro UI
- Getting books into the library is actually NOT as simple as you might think.
Cheers
I hope this helps both users & devs.
Freda performance and UI
Hi all,
And thanks for the commentary on Freda. A couple of thoughts:
1) UI design:
I'll be happy to receive UI design advice, but it does raise IP issues, because I do expect to get some revenue from Freda (advertising, licensing to book publishers, etc.) and I do not want to give away a share of that revenue. And I can quite sympathise with a UI expert who doesn't want to give their work to me free of charge.
That said, any UI designer who does want to give me free, no-obligation advice is welcome to. To be useful, such advice needs to be detailed and specific, and implementable in WP7 XAML/C#. That last point is actually a very strong constraint; I have tried out all sorts of slick design ideas that look neat in principle, but give unacceptable performance on a real WP7 device.
2) Performance:
This is an area that I continue to work on. But EPUB files will always present something of a challenge, because opening them involves decompressing a big ZIP archive and parsing large-ish XHTML files. Amazon Kindle actually has it easier here, because the MOBI format is easier to open and parse quickly.
One point to note: I have optimised Freda for the use-case of "I want to resume reading a book that I was reading before". The first time you open a book, you will wait some time before you can see the first page (up to 30 seconds) while it downloads and unpacks the book, and you'll get jittery performance for a few minutes while the whole book is processed. But on subsequently opening the same book, you should be reading smoothly within 5-10 seconds.
Cheers,
Jim
Hey guys,
I need some suggestions on what is the best app for reader on Android.
I've come across to these apps such as Kindle, Nook, Aldiko etc..
I need to know which one is the best or other apps..
Thank you guys..
Kindle for me. Amazon has a huge collection of ebooks which is all i need from it.
Kindle, great selection and you can read on so many devices (android, iOS, PC, mac, I'm not sure about linux though).
Kindle is fantastic for ebook. For magazines and PDFs I like ezPDF.
Many pdf readers struggle to render graphic heavy magazines e.g. Moneyweek
ezPDF is faultless and is actively developed. Recently introduced was a text to speech feature, so it will read back any text it finds within a pdf, it relies on the native android voice/speech engine which is acceptable. It's not perfect as it will read chapter titles found at the top of each page and the page numbers at the bottom, if printed.
If you use a Windows based PC - Calibre is very useful piece of software to convert ebook from one format to another. Depending on how you convert the resultant file can be viewing using either the android Kindle app or ezPDF.
pnayak77 said:
If you use a Windows based PC - Calibre is very useful piece of software
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Calibre runs on OS X and Linux too.
Great! Thank you. I've downloaded Kindle for Android. Run really smooth on my Nexus one. Like the page flip animation.
Oh one more question: Which sites allow me to download free ebooks?
http://www.manybooks.net/ the kindle store also has many free titles.
I've looked and didn't find anything.
I have stock 1.0.1 - with autonooter on emmc.
I have CM7 nightly on SD card.
I rarely use the stock firmware, but I may start using it more often now that I setup dual boot without taking out the SD card.
What are the difference or addition to the Stock Firmware? Which one is best or most stable?
Version 1.0.1 - currently in my emmc.
Version 1.1
Version 1.2
Version 1.3
Anything useful in the later versions that I'm missing out on.
thanks
Most likely, 1.0 and 1.1 are Eclair while 1.2 and 1.3 are Froyo.
Which one is better? It depends
Do you want to using Windows 3.1 or 98 or NT or ME or Vista or 7?
Better support for magazine scripts for starters. There are now a couple that will only work with 1.3. Improvements in response and wifi connections in stock form. If you don't need these, I wouldn't do a thing,
If anyones intereted...
I was hoping for something more like these that I found on the B&N site and some other forums. I was able to search for the words “The NOOK Color Ver1.x.0 update contains”
The NOOK Color Ver1.1.0 update contains new features and enhancements, including:
- Improved performance of Wi-Fi connectivity, Home and Shop.
- Ability to pinch and zoom in browser.
- Enhanced reading experience for magazines and children's books.
- Access helpful NOOKcolor related information and support tips on the new
default browser home page.
- Reduce mistyped passwords with "show password" option during registration
and Wi-Fi set up.
- Easily identify NOOK kids Read To Me™ books with a new text banner next to
the titles in Shop.
- General bug fixes and performance improvements.
The NOOK Color Ver1.2.0 update contains new features and enhancements, including:
- Access to shop a broad collection of popular NOOK Apps™ to enjoy great games, stay up to date on news and weather, and more
- Full-featured free email to check and send web-based email (i.e., Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, AOL) all from one in-box
- NOOK Color’s update to Android OS 2.2/Froyo offers system improvements, browser performance and a more complete Web experience giving customers access to enjoy even more video, interactive and animated content. NOOK Color now includes support for Adobe® Flash® Player
- NOOK Kids™ exciting new Read and Play titles that bring animation, activities and stories together
-NOOK Books Enhanced offer in-page video and audio in a growing number of titles
- Enhancements to magazine navigation making it easier to enjoy even more of the growing selection of magazines in NOOK Newsstand
- NOOK Friends™ (beta) to see your friends’ reading activities, swap books with LendMe™, share recommendations and discover new titles
The NOOK Color Ver1.3.0 update contains new features and enhancements, including:
- Access to a selection of new special edition NOOK Magazines -- People, Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Parents, and Fitness – featuring print edition content, plus video, audio and fun extras.
- Access to the largest digital magazine selection available anywhere.
- Print subscribers to People, Time, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune get free NOOK editions of those magazines.
- Parental control to easily disable the Web browser.
- Ongoing enhancements to Wi-Fi connectivity and other performance improvements.
Thanks
That would have required one of us to go hunting for all that info since I doubt even a B&N employee could remember all of it off the top of their head. Thanks for answering your own question and educating the rest of us.
votinh said:
Most likely, 1.0 and 1.1 are Eclair while 1.2 and 1.3 are Froyo.
Which one is better? It depends
Do you want to using Windows 3.1 or 98 or NT or ME or Vista or 7?
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I think you meant Windows 98, XP, XP XP.
Windows XP , XP, XP SP1, SP1.
personally I prefer Win7 to all predecessors.
Landara said:
personally I prefer Win7 to all predecessors.
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Cool story bro, but the whole point is that the original ROM was ghetto and the subsequent updates were slightly less ghetto.. Not "Which Windows version is the least terrible one".
Hiya everyone. This type of thread isn't new to XDA as it's on almost every device fora, but I decided to bring it over here aswell.
This Post is origanally from HTC One X Forum. All credits go to Goku80.
I'm going to share the most useful applications to have on a LG Optimus 4X HD and would like you to share your must have apps. If an app gets mentioned by numerous people, that isn't on this list, I'll be sure to add it.
Rooted apps Section
SuperSU - SuperSU is the Superuser access management tool of the future. *ROOT*
ROM Toolbox Pro - ROM Toolbox combines apps like Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, ROM Manager and others. A must-have root app *ROOT*
AdAway - AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android. *ROOT*
Rom Manager - Must have app for any root user. Make backups, flash ROMs, and own your device. ROM Manager is THE MUST HAVE APP for any Android root user.
System Tuner - The most complete system tuner and manager for all your phones and tablets!
BetterBatteryStats - With BetterBatteryStats you can analyse the behavior of your phone, find applications causing the phone to drain battery while it is supposed to be asleep and measure the effect of corrective actions. Guys you can also find this app if you search on XDA..
Titanium Backup - EXTREMELY powerful tool. Backup ALL apps, Market links, remove bloatware & MORE! ☆Needs ROOT, Android 1.5-4.1+
ZDBox - ZDbox is an amazing and free all-in-one toolbox. It holds a collection of useful tools and has a nice and easy to use interface. With ZDbox you’re getting your mobile/cell phone under control, do easily some optimization and customize it to your needs.
Appextractor - AppExtractor is a tool which will allow you to restore individual applications, data, SMS, and MMS messages from your ROM Manager backups.
Orbot:Tor on Android - Orbot is the official port of Tor to Android. Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. STANDARD/NO ROOT - Works best with Firefox Mobile+ProxyMob Add-on - Works with Orbot-enabled apps like Gibberbot (secure chat) and Orweb
CPU Sleeper Quad Core - Since we have Quad Core CPUs, we have a CPU 0 and a CPU1/2/3, core 0,1,2,3 while the screen is off we really only need to have 1 core active "CPU0", this App will make sure CPU 1/2/3 shuts off while the screen is off, then resumes normal usage when the screen comes back on.(You need to pay for this app)
General Must have Apps for LG Optimus 4x HD
Power Toggles - This is simply the best toggle app around. Able to toggle lots of main features.
Picsay Pro - This is a brilliant photo editor, but limited compared to some others. My personal favourite.
Rotation Locker - It locks your screen to either Portrait or Landscape. Really useful on some apps.
XDA App ICS Blue Colours/Themed - Our favourite forum app but with a complete red or blue colour theme thanks to our own Whiskey103
Memory Usage - Lists all current apps and tells you current memory usage, peak memory usage and priorities.
Desktop Visualizer - Makes shortcuts or widgets using a custom image and can be used to make custom icons.
Neutron Music Player - Neutron is a professional music player with amazing high quality. Great for audiophiles.
AirDroid - For moving files between your PC and phone using WIFI
Tasker - The best app of its kind. It does almost anything
MXPlayer - MXPlayer is one of the best apps for viewing movies.
Photo Timeline - Lets you create a time elapsed sequence of anything you want with your camera and then play as a slideshow
Home Switcher - Switches between any Home Launchers you have on your device.
PicSpeed Wallpapers - Over 170,000 HD wallpapers of all different genres, for our device.
Solid Explorer - Solid Explorer is a file manager which with two independent panels is the most attractive, eye catching and intuitive file manager for the Android.
QuickPic - An alternate photo gallery app, incase you don't like the default
Aldiko Book Reader - Read and download thousands of eBooks right on your Android phone or tablet. Download one of the best Android eBook Readers now!
Dropbox - Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere.
ES File Explorer- ES File Explorer is a free, featured all-in-one file manager & application manager & task killer & cloud storage client & ftp client & samba client which explores the pictures, music, video, document & other files on your phone and your computer.
TeamViewer for Remote Control - Remotely control your computer with TeamViewer Free while you are on the road! Mobile and flexible: remotely access computers from your android device!
ProCapture - Capture photos and panoramas like a pro with the ProCapture camera app. ProCapture adds advanced features to the Android camera experience. Multiple advanced camera shooting modes supported: Timer, Burst, Reduced Noise, Wide Shot and Panorama.
Unified Remote - Easily the most feature-filled Android-PC remote. Turns your Android device into a WiFi or Bluetooth universal remote control for your Windows PC. Control your favorite programs, mouse, and keyboard.
Whatsapp Messenger - WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages.
AireTalk - Aire is a new communication app loaded with features that lets you talk to your friends and family in more ways than ever! Use Aire to make calls to any Aire user with voice or video for free!
Astro File Manager - It's like Windows Explorer or Mac’s Finder for your phone or tablet and allows you to easily browse and organize all of your pictures, music, videos and documents. It also gives you the ability to stop processes that burn battery life and backup your apps in case you lose or change phones.
SketchBook Mobile - Autodesk SketchBook® Mobile is a professional-grade paint and drawing application offering a full set of sketching tools and a streamlined and intuitive user interface.
TeamViewer QuickSupport - Remotely control your Samsung mobile device with original Samsung firmware from your computer with the free TeamViewer QuickSupport app! Now you can provide remote technical support to colleagues, friends, and family who need assistance with their Samsung mobile device.
AfterFocus - Bring DSLR-like Photography to Your Smartphone
Appy Geek - Appy Geek brings you all the leading tech news sources from the industry in a cleverly laid-out user interface, including TechRadar, Gizmodo, T3 Magazine, The Next Web and more... Staying at the cutting edge of innovation has never been so easy!
VLC for Android Beta - VLC media player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as discs, devices, and network streaming protocols. This is a BETA version of the port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform. It is intended for power users and hackers. This version is not perfectly stable and is slower than the final version.
Tapatalk Forum App - The only and the best fully functional forum app in the Market, endorsed by over 35,000 of forums worldwide.
Machinima - Machinima is the premier online network providing entertainment for the gaming culture, showing game trailers, gameplay videos and tips, video game reviews, first looks, and original series created in video games. One of the most viewed YouTube channels in the world!
SmartTools - Measure length, angle, distance, height, direction and sound with your phone.
Smart Tools is a complete package of 5 app sets. It includes 5 Pro sets for a total of 15 tools. In a word, All-in-One.
News Republic - NEWS REPUBLIC features more content than ever including articles and opinions from major players right alongside specialist experts - including ITN, Press Association, Tech Radar, The Sports Review, WENN, HitFix, The Next Web, AFP... More content sources are added regularly with more top names already on the horizon for the future.
CPU Spy - This is a simple app to display the time the CPU spends in each frequency state. This can be a useful tool in diagnosing battery problems or tweaking your over-clock settings.
JellyBean Keyboard - Android Jelly Bean Keyboard from Android 4.1 ported to work on your device. Alternative android keyboard that has Swiftkey like next word prediction. Now includes split keyboard for thumb typing!
Avast! Mobile Security - Full-featured, best/top-rated Android antivirus & security app
DroidWall - Allows you to restrict which apps can access the network. This is the perfect solution if you don't have an unlimited data plan, or just wants to see your battery lasting longer. For advanced users, it also allows you to manually define custom iptables rules.
GO SMS Pro - GO SMS PRO brings you cool UI, fast and convenient SMS/MMS experience. GO SMS Pro is the most popular messaging app; Very powerful, Cool, Funny, Safe, Fully customizable; Well support SMS/MMS + GO Chat(free message) + Walkie Talkie(free voice).*
Plume for Twitter - Plume is a beautiful and completely customizable Twitter app that will revolutionize the way you use Twitter! Brought to you by the authors of the popular Beautiful Widgets, Plume is one of the best Twitter clients for Android! (Plume was formerly known as Touiteur)
BetterBatteryStats - With BetterBatteryStats you can analyse the behavior of your phone, find applications causing the phone to drain battery while it is supposed to be asleep and measure the effect of corrective actions. Guys you can also find this app if you search on XDA..
GTA Radio - GTA Radio is a free way to listen to all radio stations of famous game Grand Theft Auto from every corner of the earth.
K-9 Mail - K-9 Mail is an open-source e-mail client with search, IMAP push email, multi-folder sync, flagging, filing, signatures, bcc-self, PGP, mail on SD & more!
Goal.com - Goal.com offers local coverage of all the latest developments including breaking news, exclusive interviews, transfer gossip, live commentary and much more. Whatever and wherever the story is, Goal.com offers the most comprehensive and expert coverage of the major domestic leagues and competitions, as well as all the major international tournaments
Aqua Mail - Easy automatic setup for popular email services (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, and more).
Android Lost Free - Lost your android? We will help you find it. See http://www.androidlost.com. Remotely control your Android phone from the internet or by SMS.
Chomp SMS - chomp SMS is a souped-up replacement to the stock android Messaging app with a heap more features.
FilePush - FilePush lets you transfer files to your Android device with only two clicks.
SD Maid Pro - A maid for your android, to regain precious memory and keep it clean & tidy. For rooted devices
Fast File Transfer - The app uses Wi-Fi Tethering for establishing a connection between the devices but does not need the Internet. Fast File Transfer is an alternative for Bluetooth file sending.
LiveScore - This application comes directly from LiveScore Ltd., the leaders and inventors of real-time delivery of live sport data and owners of the no.1 ranked football / soccer web site globally... I use it and i love it and it is ten times better than the Sky Sports Football Center app.. Must have for all footy fans
Google Googles - Search by taking a picture: point your mobile phone camera at a painting, a famous landmark, a barcode or QR code, a product, a storefront, or a popular image. If Goggles finds it in its database, it will provide you with useful information. Goggles also works as a barcode / QR code scanner.
Zinio - Download the Zinio for Android app and read top magazines from around the world instantly. Zinio is the premier app for magazines on Android, giving readers immediate access to thousands of global titles.
Screen Filter - Applies a shade that acts as a dimmer to ensure your eyes don't hurt. Far more powerful than Android's built-in brightness setting.
Headset Button Controller - Headset Button Controller is very configurable, allowing you to play music, change tracks, adjust volume, answer phone calls, start Voice Command and many other things, just by clicking the button on your headset. Paid app but worth the money
MD5Checker - This application allows the user to compare the MD5 checksum between two files or alternatively between a file and a value entered manually. When loading a .md5, it will read its content and put it in the field instead of calculating the hash.
Speedy Uploader for Facebook - Uploads pics in an instant, after compressing them. Great stuff.
Fast Reboot - Simulates a reboot by closing/restarting all core and user processes and thus frees up memory. Your phone should be much snappier after using Fast Reboot.
Falcon Pro for Twitter - Falcon Pro brings the Ultimate Twitter Experience to your Android Phone and Tablet.
Trial Xtreme 3 - Trial Xtreme 3, will take your breath away with its new innovations and amazing features. Tackle 76 completely original courses, fighting your friends for the race, win while carefully controlling your bike to ensure that you don’t fall victim to one of the many hundreds of mines, water pipes, or wrecked cars that are standing in your way. Great game and highly recommended and it is free
Temple Run - Need i say more
Subway Surfers - I like this game. Very fun and great graphics to.
Instagram - Share your photos in a simple photo stream with friends to see - and follow your friends' photos with the click of a single button. Every day you open up Instagram, you'll see new photos from your closest friends, and creative people from around the world.
Viber: Free Calls & Messaging - Viber allows you to call, text, and send photos worldwide for free.
MovieTube: Free full Movies - MovieTube is a missing channel on YouTube for Free Full Length Movies. It manages free movies in 14 languages including: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Thai and Malay movies.
Amazon Mobile for Android - The Amazon Mobile app allows customers to browse and shop by department, search, compare prices, find deals, read reviews and make a purchase right from their mobile device.
IMDb Movies & TV - Does what it says on the tin..No need for further introduction..Must have specially if you are a movie fan
Netflix - Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and movies on your phone.
Temple Run 2 - Sequel to the best game around in my eyes..Must have
Jorte Calendar - For personal use or for business, Jorte will assist you to manage your daily schedule thoroughly.
Cerberus Anti Theft - Cerberus is a complete anti-theft application, the best protection you can get to recover your misplaced, lost or stolen Android device
BubbleUPnP - BubbleUPnP is a full featured UPnP/DLNA Control Point, UPnP Media Renderer and UPnP Media Server. Play easily your music, videos and images on your phone and devices on your network (DLNA TVs, XBMC, WMP, ...), from your external UPnP Media Servers.
Chrome - No need for any introduction here
ColorNote - Color Note is a simple notepad app. It gives you a quick and simple notepad editing experience when you write notes, memo, email, message, shopping list and to do list.
Messaging + Google Voice - Stock Messaging Application with Google Voice capabilities.
Sliding Messaging - Easily manage text messages in a new and up to date format compliant with the Android design guidelines and visually based on the stock messaging app from Google, with added features. Get Pro for more features though and show support to dev
LINE: Free Calls & Messages - LINE is a new communication app which allows you to make FREE voice calls and send FREE messages whenever and wherever you are, 24 hours a day
Sygic: GPS Navigation - High quality TomTom maps stored on your Android (no internet connection needed!) together with a robust set of navigation features help you drive with confidence.
gReader - gReader is an unofficial Google Reader client for Android. Read all your RSS/Feed news in one place with Google Reader, where keeping up with your favorite websites is as easy as checking your email.
GSam Battery Monitor - Does what it says on the tin...Read the description in the link to find out what exactly it does..But this is the best battery monitor app out there...Link for FAQ here regarding the app
Many thanks goes out to KidCarter93 for allowing me to share his thread here to...
On a side note more apps will be added in the coming days so stay tuned for more goodies..Will be adding more apps that i use as well and find useful and just like my other thread wanna compile the most used apps on your handset.
IF YOU'VE FOUND THIS POST, OR ANY OF THESE APPS USEFUL, INSTEAD OF POSTING THANKS, JUST USE THE BUTTON!
If there are any apps that you feel shouldn't be in this list, please let me know and suggest a better one. I can then test it and maybe add it to the list, in place of the other one.
If you don't suggest a better app, I won't change anything.
Re: Good apps for Optimus 4X HD
I am not on pc but got a few pointers for you to make the thread better.
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thanks
it would be very nice if you would copy your thread in editing mod and pm me so I have all the links to the apps included
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tobixdev said:
thanks
it would be very nice if you would copy your thread in editing mod and pm me so I have all the links to the apps included
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that is what i was going to say that you did...
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thank you
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nice collection, bro
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bump
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Nice list man, let's new stuff.
thanks
Nice, comes in handy after a hard reset
You should try this, and put it in your list... arguably the best sound effect app... (root required)
Very useful to improve P880's poor audio quality...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191223
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