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what are your top 10 favorite apps?

my number one is ChompMMS, im new to the android scene and just got a eris a month ago and decided to root for bettter customzeable features, like jailbreaking an ipod or flashing a psp or jtagging an xbox now im into android and know not 1 thing about it
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Wifi tether is a pretty good app
Root Explorer good file explorer...well for root lol
AdFree is also nice for root users because it kills most ads in other apps that are supported by ads....thats all i can think of right now..

Palmbxr said:
my number one is ChompMMS
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Check out Handcent, I used to use chomp but seemed to like handcent better.

yeah joey ur right. handsent it better thanks! any other good apps?
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news rob is my favorite syncs flawlessly with google reader for news feeds
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t2noob said:
Wifi tether is a pretty good app
Root Explorer good file explorer...well for root lol
AdFree is also nice for root users because it kills most ads in other apps that are supported by ads....thats all i can think of right now..
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Nice, I added Adfree.

Check out AndWobble, it's not really a "useful" app, but fun to play with.
Shazam
last.fm
SportyPal (gps run tracker)
shoot u
floating image (again fun to play with but not terribly useful)
google listen
urban spoon

Which two apps would you miss most?

I'm always looking to find new, wonderful apps, so, out of all the apps on your Bionic (which you've added from the market, not stock), which would you miss the most if they were to suddenly disappear from the Android world, and why?
For me:
1) FBReader (as I love reading Ebooks, and the Bionic screen is good enough to make reading on it worthwhile)
2) JuiceDefender Ultimate (WiFi control and nearly 2x battery life improvement? Yes, please)

hmm
friendcaster cause the fb app sucks
and
xda cause i love reading up on the new gadgets n mods
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Pulse - what else is there for reading the news
Stitcher - Definitely helps with the long drive to work
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Can I say one that was already removed?
Better Keyboard as well as all the other "Better___" apps.
They were kicked off the market cuz of some copywrite violation.

Elixir - One stop shopping for everything going on with your phone.
Caustic - Its like having Reason in your pocket! (for all you musicians)
I've heard recently that FL Studio is coming to Android very soon...can't wait!

Tivo7 said:
Can I say one that was already removed?
Better Keyboard as well as all the other "Better___" apps.
They were kicked off the market cuz of some copywrite violation.
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I'd like that one back also. I bought that app and can no longer download it.
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One app I miss is SNESOID. It was removed a while back and some other developers have been taking it's spot, and in some cases posting the exact same app. I still have the app, but it's a shame that the original SNES emulator for android is no longer up.
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Evernote because it's the all around best note taker/organizer for what I do, and Runkeeper, because it's a great motivator and tracker and saves at least $100 as I don't faced to buy a separate device.
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Tasker - without it, my smartphone feels dumb.
Springpad - better than even Evernote at keeping my life in order.
Swyped from my Droid Bionic, unless I was in landscape, in which case I Swiftkeyed the hell out of it.

DROID iris and fishing 2 go.
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If we're talking root related apps that's hard, bootstrap, CWM, root explorer, and titanium backup. Non rooted apps I'd say dolphin HD and hex defense.

smokedkill said:
One app I miss is SNESOID. It was removed a while back and some other developers have been taking it's spot, and in some cases posting the exact same app. I still have the app, but it's a shame that the original SNES emulator for android is no longer up.
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DroidEmu is basically the same thing, but it includes all Atari, Sega, and Nintendo systems. The UI is identical

Ad Blocker?

I have become accustomed to not seeing ads through out the user experience. I was using a flashable ad blocker from the N5 thread but I guess its not 5.0 compatible.. You guys have any suggestions.
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Adaway apk has worked on lollipop with my n5 (n6 is being delivered soon). I just wish I could find something for you tube now.

Where is adaway available for download? Yeah I agree I watch a lot of YouTube and I used to have an Xposed module that blocked all add in the app, it was sweet.
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PJcastaldo said:
Where is adaway available for download? Yeah I agree I watch a lot of YouTube and I used to have an Xposed module that blocked all add in the app, it was sweet.
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Google.com
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adfree works great http://adfree.bigtincan.com/adfree.apk

simms22 said:
adfree works great http://adfree.bigtincan.com/adfree.apk
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Does it require root?

supasanch24 said:
Does it require root?
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Yes, it requires root.
Chalk up another one for this one. It's my go-to.

Thanks guys. Adfree works great.
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Huh? AdAway is working for me. I downloaded it from f-droid. I just ran an Ookla Speedtest and no ads came up

I prefer using https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.adaway ... AdFree is nice but blocks a lot of the Slickdeals links for me, yeah theres whitelisting but Slickdeals has a lot of redirecting links whereas AdAway is less aggressive on that part and gets most of the ads.
I see @simms22 finally got his N6

I use adaway on my N6 and it works great.

Anyway to block youtube app ads? I used to use xposed module for this, but...

Anybody else having problems with the whitelist? Viglink redirects always fail when adaway is active

mk92595 said:
Anybody else having problems with the whitelist? Viglink redirects always fail when adaway is active
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Works fine here.
Whitelist *.viglink.com

There used to be this great xposed module that removed the ad spaces in apps. I really hope that comes to L somehow.
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mk92595 said:
Anybody else having problems with the whitelist? Viglink redirects always fail when adaway is active
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It's the redirects we need to get rid of [emoji57]

franatic08 said:
It's the redirects we need to get rid of [emoji57]
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Can't open any link on Tapatalk because of it

mk92595 said:
Can't open any link on Tapatalk because of it
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Whitelist redirect.viglink.com on AdAway then reapply the list.

Out of curiosity, can you run an adblocker (like adaway), have it modify the hostfile, then unroot and still have ads blocked? Or do you need to keep root for the changes to remain in effect?

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Out of curiosity, can you run an adblocker (like adaway), have it modify the hostfile, then unroot and still have ads blocked? Or do you need to keep root for the changes to remain in effect?
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You can unroot after making the change. You would have to re-root to update or modify the hosts file again.

root or not to root dilema

Guys, it's really a dilemma for me to root this phone and get rid of all this annoying ads or stay non rooted and have OTA updates. Please tell me your advice here. Thanks!

What ads? In the browser? You can use lightning browser or Firefox or nochromo for ad blocking browsers, or adguard - you can block ads everywhere, including all apps if you get premium subscription, you just have to deal with an annoying persistent icon in status bar.
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I just have been rooted since my first galaxy S but now the reasons to do so are constantly fading with every new model. Also, in my opinion ah the moment there is no reliable root method as it was the case with CF auto root in the past. What is your opinion?
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juliano76 said:
I just have been rooted since my first galaxy S but now the reasons to do so are constantly fading with every new model. Also, in my opinion ah the moment there is no reliable root method as it was the case with CF auto root in the past. What is your opinion?
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I didn't root the phone for about 3 weeks and honestly didn't feel a strong need to. I just get the urge to tweak after a while and got bored after I optimized the phone as much as I could on stock. That was the longest I have ever gone before I rooted a phone. Performance and battery life have been exceptional from day one for me. The only thing rooting did for me personally was get a custom kernel to smooth out the occasional choppy scrolling, get nandroid backups and use titanium backup to uninstall some system apps. There are still a lot of benefits to rooting your phone and loosing Samsung pay wasn't a big deal for me since mobile payments are a bit gimmicky to me.
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Adguard

My real main reason for root is being able to block apps and this app works extremely well for that. Used to use it on my note 4 too. It blocks all ads in browsers and across all apps. You get a 30 day free trial but I went ahead and paid the 10 bucks he wants for the app. To me it's totally worth it. Oh and you don't need root to use it which is the best part!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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t4d73 said:
My real main reason for root is being able to block apps and this app works extremely well for that. Used to use it on my note 4 too. It blocks all ads in browsers and across all apps. You get a 30 day free trial but I went ahead and paid the 10 bucks he wants for the app. To me it's totally worth it. Oh and you don't need root to use it which is the best part!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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I've used this for awhile,its works very well,with or without root. I purchased the lifetime subscription. I'd give it a 10 out of 10. The picture below shows how well its done without root and its been installed 2 days.

My trial just expired and I think that I'll buy the license. Once the trial expired I could not believe all the adds in apps. I hadn't seen many ads in 10 years until yesterday.

I had a HUGE battery drain with this app installed!
I only got 40min screen on time with this and max 5 hours of battery life.. And it was taking 40-50% of battery consumption..
After uninstall nearly 3-4 hours screen on time and over 10 hours on time.
Lg G5
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I've never had that problem, my battery life has been doing very good.

If you are rooted i would highly recommend AdAway instead. Editing the host file and blocking incoming traffic is way more efficient than downloading everything (ads included) and then filtering what to show.

Had this app on my phone for sometime and found out it does nothing until I came to this page, and what I found out is I have installed it, but never started it.

Like the app, but the battery hit for me was too much. :/

I haven't seen any noticeable battery hit. I did notice that anything the uses data gets counted against Adguard battery usage.

I agree also, it's a big battery drain

drumsen said:
If you are rooted i would highly recommend AdAway instead. Editing the host file and blocking incoming traffic is way more efficient than downloading everything (ads included) and then filtering what to show.
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Can't wait for root! Gotta have AdAway
Edit: Got root! So happy! Thanks again @tungkick

kchannel9 said:
Can't wait for root! Gotta have AdAway
Edit: Got root! So happy! Thanks again @tungkick
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Say, could you direct me on how you got root on your T-Mobile LG g5
Thanks
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cenwesi said:
Say, could you direct me on how you got root on your T-Mobile LG g5
Thanks
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Here you go! Remember to donate to @tungkick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g5/development/root-h830-t3384526/

Does this app just set up a VPN tunnel and filters all traffic on the other side?
If so, than it will drain your battery really really fast.
Plus there is NO guarantee that all your traffic (incl. passwords) is not monitored - classic MitM attack

Trial's expired, in 2 minds whether to pay or not. Pretty sure my battery's taking a bit too but that may be in my head.

If you pay in Romanian money, it just cost 1 or 2 dollars .
129 rub by paypal
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