Hi folks,
in videos I've seen phones that have artist pictures on their Zune livetile and in the music hub.
I have my phone for a week now and listening to music every day but the live-tile always stays the standard zune-logo and the hub background is only black.
Is this because I have no Zune pass and just listening to music I transferred via Zune? Or is it because Zune doesn't want to show faces of Death Metal bands? What am I doing wrong? Data connection is always on, location services are allowed...I don't know what else I could try.
It's because you're in a country where Zune Pass isn't supported, basically if you want it you have to hard reset the phone and use an account with US/UK details
You don't need the Zune Pass.
I don't have it and the Music Live Tile works fine.
At least does Zune display the artist in the background?
arturobandini said:
You don't need the Zune Pass.
I don't have it and the Music Live Tile works fine.
At least does Zune display the artist in the background?
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No, not even a artist's photo in the music hub. Nothing.
But all my music is perfectly tagged (with Windows7 Media Center) and has album cover pictures. Zune is allowed to add missing information, so everything should be fine.
Maybe I should try to set to "overwrite all song information" but I fear that my whole music database will get wrong genre information (or worse) then.
Seems to be hit and miss this. Will work for me with some artists and not others.
Couple of things that may help. Make sure under settings/applications/music & Video the connect to Zune is switched on and also doing the find album info on Zune on the PC while phone is connected.
dov74 said:
Seems to be hit and miss this.
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Seems to be
I tried very commercial music now (Linkin Park), updated the whole album online via Zune and I still don't get pictures.
It doesn't matter much, I was just wondering. Maybe the pictures are coming anytime
I haven't tested this. Here is how my library started and maybe why my tile has artist pictures..
I switched from itunes to zune in advance of WP7s launch. When I did that I realized Zune went out and grabbed all the artist artwork and images, which I thought rocked! I have looked at my files and I don't see where they store this extra artwork, must be in c:\program files\zune or something.
Now when I transferred these albums / songs over to my Focus, all that extra artwork came with. So maybe look at the music in Zune on a PC and see if you can tag / download the artist info from the net (through the software) then copy it over.
I have not tested this with a song that didn't come from my PC first.
I think it just varies.
Works for some bands and not for others.
For instance, Nightwish will show up, but Dream Theater doesn't, even though they're more well known.
What annoys me though is when they use a low-resolution image for the Zune player background, it ends up looking very pixely. Funeral For A Friend for instance.
I posted this in the other thread ages ago, but I worked out how to get this to work.
1) Play your song
2) Click on the artist while it's playing
3) Press the double down arrow under Marketplace
IF your artist is tagged with the right name AND the artist has a picture (and most do) then this process will store the image to the associated artist and the picture will display anytime you listen to a song by the artist.
brummiesteven said:
I posted this in the other thread ages ago, but I worked out how to get this to work.
1) Play your song
2) Click on the artist while it's playing
3) Press the double down arrow under Marketplace
IF your artist is tagged with the right name AND the artist has a picture (and most do) then this process will store the image to the associated artist and the picture will display anytime you listen to a song by the artist.
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Again, I've found this to be hit and miss.
It's strange, this method worked for me updating Zero 7 but Ocean Colour Scene, James and Groove Armada, who are more well known won't play ball!!
OCS and James, who have tons of albums available for download through Zune, don't have a pic under "artist" in the marketplace tho...I wonder if thats the problem. (edit - just re-read your post and this could be the problem..although these artists are very well known!)
Groove armada does and shows when I'm streaming Zune marketplace but I can't get it to show when playing Groove Armada from "my collection"??
dov74 said:
Again, I've found this to be hit and miss.
It's strange, this method worked for me updating Zero 7 but Ocean Colour Scene, James and Groove Armada, who are more well known won't play ball!!
OCS and James, who have tons of albums available for download through Zune, don't have a pic under "artist" in the marketplace tho...I wonder if thats the problem. (edit - just re-read your post and this could be the problem..although these artists are very well known!)
Groove armada does and shows when I'm streaming Zune marketplace but I can't get it to show when playing Groove Armada from "my collection"??
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That could be the problem for OCS and James, for Groove Armada it might be because of your tagging. It is a bit strange the artists the do and don't have... here's a list of artists on my device that DON'T have bg images:
- B.o.B (because the Marketplace tags it as BoB)
- Beyonce (because I'm missing the accent on the e)
- Bobby Brown
- Cheryl Cole (No image available, which is strange because she was artist of the week in the marketplace... with a marketplace bg image)
- Chris Brown (no image avaliable)
- Eazy-E (no image avaliable)
- Far East Movement (no image avaliable)
- Gwen Stefani (no image avaliable)
- Ice Cube (No idea why this doesn't work)
- M.I.A. (again probably something to do with the .'s)
- MArio (no image avaliable)
- Mario Winans (no image avaliable)
- Stromae (no image avaliable)
dov74 said:
It's strange, this method worked for me updating Zero 7 but Ocean Colour Scene, James and Groove Armada, who are more well known won't play ball!!
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dov74 said:
Groove armada does and shows when I'm streaming Zune marketplace but I can't get it to show when playing Groove Armada from "my collection"??
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I noticed the same, with the same exact bands.
Also I can't have any picture of Sparklehorse, even if this band is also well known. What happens?
Regarding The Clientele, it's weird: I can see the artist picture in the background when I click on the Artist name. But the artist picture disappears when the track is played.
Also I stopped trying to update my album infos with the ones suggested by Zune, because often they were wrong, and it messed up everything in my library. For instance Zune replaced all my "(smog)" albums by "Bill Callahan". Sorry, but Smog is Smog and Bill Callahan is Bill Callahan.
Anyway, Zune really need to be improved. The display ot the artists in the background is really erratic and random. Totally not reliable.
Okay, I know found out something new. Since I am not having a Zune pass I never used it to search music. But the point is, I can't even search for music -the option simply isn't there.
If I press the search button inside the music hub, I just can search the marketplace for apps -not music.
Then I tried at my desktop computer. It's the same thing, I just can search and download apps and movies -no music possible, there isn't even an option for this.
So I think it's regarding the country I'm living in (Austria) that there is no such option or it could be because I don't have a credit card added to Zune so the option to search for music simply is blanked?
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Okay, I know found out something new. Since I am not having a Zune pass I never used it to search music. But the point is, I can't even search for music -the option simply isn't there.
If I press the search button inside the music hub, I just can search the marketplace for apps -not music.
Then I tried at my desktop computer. It's the same thing, I just can search and download apps and movies -no music possible, there isn't even an option for this.
So I think it's regarding the country I'm living in (Austria) that there is no such option or it could be because I don't have a credit card added to Zune so the option to search for music simply is blanked?
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Did you even read my reply which was the first post?
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Did you even read my reply which was the first post?
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Yeah, I've read it...but I wasn't aware that this means that I don't even have the possibility to search for music.
It's strange that I cannot use the basic functions of Zune because I am living in Austria and my neighbors in Germany, with the same language and all, can use it
It's okay for me, if that is the reason I'm sure MS will get things straight in future. Now that Zune becomes popular they will set it up for Austria too anytime
For NOISIA it is showing RBL Posse..any help plz...Im happy with NO picture, but WRONG picture...NOOOO..plz help me...i tried deleting the song and then pasting it again...no use..
Look for a program called "Zune Social Tagger", there's a thread here with a link but Google might be easier.
It will scan your library and match songs with their equivalent on the marketplace. That should give you most of the artist backgrounds available on Zune.
skycamefalling said:
Yeah, I've read it...but I wasn't aware that this means that I don't even have the possibility to search for music.
It's strange that I cannot use the basic functions of Zune because I am living in Austria and my neighbors in Germany, with the same language and all, can use it
It's okay for me, if that is the reason I'm sure MS will get things straight in future. Now that Zune becomes popular they will set it up for Austria too anytime
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We've been waiting for the same thing since the launch of Zune. Don't think it's coming anytime soon.
Deactivate Zune live-tile?
Hello, I have the exact opposite problem:
I was happy with the Zune-tile showing nothing but the Zune logo.
But now I made the "mistake" of downloading my first song over Marketplace directly on the phone, a song from Simon + Garfunkel. I never downloaded music on marketplace before, I use iTunes as a Macbook user.
Now the F***ING Windows Phone shows ALWAYS the faces of Simon + Garfunkel on the Zune live tile! Doesn't matter, which band I listen to, even podcasts... always the Zune live tile & the Zune main menu has this arrogant looking faces on them.... it drives me nuts!!
I do not want to replace it with another artist picture. I listen to a lot of German local bands about which Zune doesn't even know and thus has no artist picture of them and I don't want it to show only the pictures of the "famous" bands in my playlists. Either all bands or none of them, which in my case means: none of them. Thus I want only the Zune logo on the tile, please, just how it was before I made the mistake of downloading a song from marketplace!
I even de-activitaded the "connect with Zune" in the Settings. No change at all!
How can I delete it and make it show NO Live tile, but only the good old Zune logo again?
Please help, I got a Mac, is there any chance to do this without Windows?
Is there really no other way than a clean install?
Its becouse zune isent suported in your region, as it was reporter above here..
I live in Norway and i did used to use my phone with this region(norway) and it never displayed anny picture anly the album art! not the backround! so i did reset it and used the US region and now all my suported artist from zune displayes the backround image =)
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"Advanced speedometer application. Features address, compass, HUD mode, speed graph, odometer, maximum and average speed, time traveled, speed warning, 0-60 mph and 1/4 mile times, GPX track export and more. Suitable for running, driving, biking or hiking."
Sundroid Pro Sunrise Sunset
"Everything you need to know about the movements of the sun and moon!
Calculates sunrise, sunset, twilights, golden hours, length of day, the path of the sun, and moonrise & moonset times for any date, anywhere in the world."
Superuser Elite
"Superuser grants and manages root permissions on your rooted phone. This package gives you access to additional features not available to basic users."
Swarm
"Swarm is a lightweight bittorrent client that supports multiple simultaneous downloads and integrates with file managers and web browser. Download torrents over Edge/3G/4G or wifi.
Swarm runs as a background service or standard app."
SwiFTP
"SwiFTP is an open-source FTP server that allows you to connect to your phone over wifi or cellular/3g to upload and download files. Any FTP client can be used."
SwipePad Beta
"SwipePad is a launcher panel responding to a swipe on the edge of your phone screen, no matter what application you are in.
1. Touch down the bottom edge of the screen;
2. Move your finger towards the center of the screen so the pad will emerge;
3. Release your finger on a specific slot to action.
Hold your finger on a specific slot for 2 seconds before releasing (until it turns orange), then you could change the assignment."
Sysctl Config *Root*
"sysctl is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime.
This tool will allow you to set values to increase performance and help save battery life. You can enable sysctl, set min free kbytes, dirty ratio, dirty background ratio, vfs cache pressure and oom allocating task."
SystemPanel
"SystemPanel integrates a task manager, app manager (installer/uninstaller with multi-version APK archival), and system monitor.
Solve your battery life problem by enabling the background monitoring service to record long-term CPU usage by individual apps."
TapeMachine Recorder
"Record, edit, share.. You have a mini voice & music studio in your pocket!
TapeMachine is a high-quality sound recorder and editor, featuring a powerful waveform display."
Tasker
"Total Automation, from settings to SMS. ADC2 finalist!
* Triggers: App, Time, Day, Location, Hard/Soft State, Event, Shortcut, Widget, Timer
* Actions: 175+ built-in, any Locale-compatible setting plugin
* Tasks: loops, variables, conditions"
Terminal Emulator
"This application lets you access your Android's built-in Linux command line shell. It emulates a Digital Equipment Corporation VT-100 terminal. You can use this application to run utility programs on your device."
TeslaLED
"Turn your phone into a flashlight!
This is a LED (Camera Flash) based flashlight (or Torch). TeslaLED is the brightest app for the Droid."
Titanium Backup ★ root
"The ONLY tool that can backup, restore, freeze (with Pro) your apps + data + Market links! Even protected apps! 0-click Batch/scheduled backups! PRO version has 0-click batch restores, Dropbox sync, Dalvik cleaner & MORE!"
Titanium Media Sync
"The reliable & battery-friendly way of syncing your files to/from Dropbox & FTP!
This unique app allows you to sync a set of folders from your Android device to the cloud and back. It currently supports the Dropbox storage service, as well as your own FTP, SFTP, FTPS servers."
Torrent-fu
"A uTorrent and Transmission remote. Manage your torrents and
search for torrents by keyword, bar code scan, or from your browser and download to your remote computer."
Trillian
"Trillian for Android helps you organize and stay in touch with your IM and social friends while on-the-go. Receive C2DM push notifications, send pictures and messages, and optionally synchronize with Trillian for Mac, Windows, and Web. You can even use Trillian to Trillian messaging to save on SMS costs!"
Voxer Walkie-Talkie PTT
"Push to Talk, text, photos, location, groups, cross platform and no ads Turn your phone into a Walkie Talkie. Don't waste time on phone calls and voicemails. "
TV Listing
"TV Listings - fast and easy! This TV guide app covers over-the-air, cable and satellite TV in the USA (over 13 000 channels in total and hundreds of providers). It will show an overview of what's on right now including all the shows, movies and sports events."
VideoVault
"VideoVault hides private videos behind a password protected wall, hiding them from people and applications on your phone."
vLauncher - best app organizer
"vLauncher organize your app icons into multiple pages on home screen,iPhone style. Support folders, works with android 2.0+"
Voltage Control
"This application allows you to control advanced features of overclocking kernels, you can change the voltage applied and select frequencies you want to use."
VNC Viewer
"Control a computer anywhere in the world from your Android device!
VNC® Viewer connects your device to a computer anywhere in the world, displays its desktop, and lets you take control. You can run applications, change settings, and access data exactly as you would be permitted to do were you sitting in front of it, and using the keyboard and mouse."
VPlayer
"VPlayer is the best video player for Android.
video formats: divx/xvid, wmv, m4v, flv, rmvb, avi, mkv, mov, mp4, 3gp, ts, tp...
streaming: http, rtsp, mms and m3u(apple http stream, m3u8)"
Wapedia: 4 Wikipedia & more!
"Wapedia is the fastest way to access Wikipedia and many more wikis
Taptu Wapedia is the fastest way to access Wikipedia and many other wikis."
wardrive
"Wardriving app, stores scans in sqlite db on the sdcard and displays found networks around in the map."
Wave Launcher
"Wave Launcher is a unique, gesture-enabled, quick action-bar for Android. It resembles a well-known and loved feature on WebOS phones like the Palm-Pre and works system-wide.
Regardless of any application currently running, you can swipe you finger from the virtual gesture-area at the bottom of the screen towards the middle to show the wave - A fully configurable quick-launch action-bar."
WeatherBug Elite
"Get the latest current conditions, forecasts, radar animation, alerts and more!
Check current conditions and forecasts, view animated Doppler radar images and get the latest local weather information and severe weather alerts for your city and thousands of locations around the world."
WebSharing File/Media Sync
"Transfer and view files, music, photos, and videos from your phone over Wi-Fi.
Transfer files over Wi-Fi between your phone and computer."
Where's My Droid
"Now when you lose it you can text your phone with the custom set attention word and it will turn silent mode off, the ringer vol up, and start ringing. You can also text a different attention word and get the GPS location of your phone. Features * Find phone by making it ring/vibrate * Find phone using GPS location"
WidgetLocker Lockscreen
"Customize your lock screen!
WidgetLocker is a lock screen replacement that puts you in control of the look, feel and layout of your lock screen."
Wifi Analyzer
"Turns your android phone into a Wi-Fi analyzer!!
Shows the Wi-Fi channels around you. Helps you to find a less crowded channel for your wireless router."
WiFi File Explorer
"Featured on Life Hacker! Best and cheapest!
Browse, sync, download, upload, delete, copy, stream and manage files that are on your phone, using a web browser via a WiFi connection."
WiFi Manager
"Find, connect, manage WiFi networks. Improve connection quality with a graphical channel radar.
Includes two home screen widgets: one displays detailed connection info, the other lets you switch among your favorite networks with a single tap."
Winamp
"Winamp for Android (beta) offers a complete music management solution (2.1 OS & above) featuring wireless desktop sync (Winamp 5.6 required), iTunes library import, & access to thousands of internet radio stations with SHOUTcast."
YouTube Remote
"Turn your Android device into a YouTube remote control! Use the full-featured interface on YouTube Remote to find and queue up videos to watch on the big screen. It’s like having a wireless video cable to your big screen!"
Zeam Launcher
"Zeam is a minimalistic launcher alternative for Android 2.x devices."
Just thought I would post this above incase anyone is new to Android and needs app shopping ideas. Here is a link to the original thread where there is still an ongoing discussion.
A Nerd's Must Have Android Apps
You should remove app2sd from the list, GN does not need that.
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jkoljo said:
You should remove app2sd from the list, GN does not need that.
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I removed a few already. I will check over it again later... have to go right now. Thanks.
Thanks for your recommendation, installed adbWireless and worked well.
you should add wolfram alpha it's like wiki but much cooler
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I like subsonic over audio galaxy....but they are both good
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Wave Launcher forces close for me (GSM)
1:voice
2:Twitter
3:groove shark
4. Xda
5.H&M
5. Facebook
6. CyanogenMod settings (or equivalent)
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App. Developer of brickROM, and OP of XDA Thread of The Year 2011.
dannymumbles said:
I like subsonic over audio galaxy....but they are both good
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Yeah, I love Subsonic. It allows me to listen to my music anywhere (and watch my movies). I'm torn, because I want to use Google music, but until I can also move my movies to the cloud, I'm not leaving Subsonic.
fritish said:
Yeah, I love Subsonic. It allows me to listen to my music anywhere (and watch my movies). I'm torn, because I want to use Google music, but until I can also move my movies to the cloud, I'm not leaving Subsonic.
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Im so sad, I cannot get Subsonic to work althought the demo server works. 4.0.4 ICS. Any ideas?
I'd you can't get it to work over cellular network. Add a proxy to your apn. I found this on some forum. It worked for me. Ask around or ask your provider for a proxy.
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Long story short - I'm looking for suggestions/lists of what apps do you find essential on your tablet or phone. Please be very basic! Assume I don't know about it if I don't mention it in my list.
Looking for apps that solve these problems:
Basic tablet info app - cpu and information
Cleaning app (maybe SD maid?)
Good mp3 music player app I can't seem to find one that I like - I love Winamp for/on my pc - I need one that also has a skip back 10-30 seconds - one that acts like smart audiobook player
Good podcast app - one that acts like smart audiobook player I just love the features of that app (easy to use, auto rewind, lets me look at my library, simple interface, "just works")
Good browser - not chrome (evil), one that does not crash with lots of tabs open, like Firefox for desktops
Adblocker - I'm trying Adaway
Firewall - the one I used to use doesn't work now
App to let me play videos on a screen - I've heard about casting apps and use but I don't know if it really works well or not, and if you need TV that works with it. Maybe there is some plug in dongle you can get to make this work?
Essential magisk modules - I'm very new to this, I just have @ianmacd 's recommended fixes so far
Busybox? - is there a good version to get?
Xprivacy - I need to see if this is still a good app to use, it was nice on my tablet - if not I need to find a replacement
YouTube? - I just use YT in dolphin browser because the app never made sense to me, is using the app a good idea or
Notes - app to write notes that automatically saves (Samsung notes does not do this)
Grocery list app - that will also work with my wife's iPhone
dark mode for Oreo - (supposedly in pie) or a theme for the tab S4 that just works?
Video player - for my own files like saved YouTube videos
Email app for my AOL account - I used to use k-9 but that stopped working for me - I haven't found a replacement I am looking at bluemail but haven't tried it yet
Apps I've heard about but never tried:
Any suggestions for getting them or not?
Tasker - not sure what people use this for
Substraum
MS 365 for Android due to unknown problems I don't have this automatically installed
Dropbox - is the app worth it or should I just use it in a browser?
Something cool, a cool app, lol, but seriously what do you think is just cool
My list of apps I utilize frequently
Dolphin browser - best I've used for Android but it crashes frequently with a lot of tabs open. My wife's iPad can open limitless tabs without crashing. Sigh, I really don't like Apple.
SwiftKey
Tweetings for Twitter - I like it, but you can't save videos from it.
Quickpic - I haven't seen a better android picture viewer
ComicRack - paid version - love this for comics
LMT - the BEST launcher/one hand phone tool. Kills me I can't get it on my phone (note 9 unrooted)
Smart audiobook player - paid version - absolutely the best
FBReader - paid version, absolute best
Titanium backup
TWRP
Magisk - I'm new to this but it's cool
Pocket tanks
Zarchiver - I can't live without it
NextRadio
Diskuasge
Greenify
My phone explorer client
Standard apps I use - are there better apps for these?
All Samsung
Phone
Messages
Calendar - I need a video on how to use calendar for my family and then make everyone do that
Email - for work email
Long story/explanation
I'm just getting back to rooted android and tablet use after almost 4 years of not using a rooted phone and my old tablet unusable because I need to preserve it for imaging so I can get my son's baby pictures.
I started phones, only land lines, then relic flip phone, with a Samsung galaxy S4. I rooted it and loved it until it died. Got unrootable Verizon Note 9 last year and have felt like I've been castrated and jailed. I got a Note Pro 12.2 tablet in 2014 which was great but it crashed and I had to reset it (I was lazy and didn't backup in TWRP) and lost my son's birth and first Christmas pics, so I had to abandon it because I haven't had time to image it and then forensically carve for the pictures.
I feel like I don't recognize much anymore and would be grateful for suggestions.
Also if there is another forum which would be better for me to ask for help in, I would love to get suggestions on where that would be.
Thank you for reading, and your kind suggestions.
Sincerely - I really appreciate it.
minionhunter said:
Long story short - I'm looking for suggestions/lists of what apps do you find essential on your tablet or phone. Please be very basic! Assume I don't know about it if I don't mention it in my list.
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Looking for apps that solve these problems:
Basic tablet info app - cpu and information - - CPUZ
Cleaning app - - SD Maid, Google Files
Good mp3 music player app - - Pulsar HD, but I don't know if it skips
Good podcast app - - Podcast Addict
Good browser - - Firefox Beta (you can sync to your desktop), Puffin, Chrome Beta. Sometimes Chrome just works best.
Adblocker - I use specific adblocker plug-ins or apps for browser was appropriate
App to let me play videos on a screen - - VLC Player
Video player - - VLC Player, MX Player Pro
YouTube? - - YouTube App
Notes - app to write notes that automatically saves (Samsung notes does not do this)
Email app for my AOL account - Outlook, Nine, Gmail, Samsung Mail - all can be set up for multiple email accounts
Dropbox - is the app worth it or should I just use it in a browser? - - Use Solid Explorer or other file browser and link to your cloud storage
E-reader - - I think Moon+ Reader is better than FBReader, but I use both; Color Dict + downloaded stardict dictionaries
Microsoft Office but needs 360 account, Google's versions will work for free
White Noise Pro
Walmart (pharmacy), Amazon for Tablets,
Pandora
Need Cable Account, but Fox Sports Go (regional sports channels), ESPN Go, other networks
Online Banking - depends on you bank
TVGUIDE app
Local Cinema App
MLB At Bat, NFL App
CamScanner
Flud
Printhand or Printershare
Malwarebytes, Bitdefender Antivirus Free
SwiftKey keyboard
Office Calculator Pro
Microsoft Remote Desktop
Etc etc etc
Adding a couple more...
AccuWeather
Nova Loader
HereWeGo offline maps (can locally store the whole USA)
Google Maps (can only store specific maps locally)
Uber
Skype
F-Stop gallery gives a browseable file tree
Your preferred airline(s) for boarding pssses
With a Tab S4 you can have many hundreds of apps, the key is to use a good loader and organize. I have 5 pages of apps. Homepage has the apps I use most, readers, dictionary, cloud storage, app stores, music players, pod cast, gallery apps, etc. Then I have a page with personal accounts, online & brick & mortar shopping, travel. Page three has sports, streaming video and audio, local video. Page 4 has all games. Page 5 has utilities, cameras, optimizers, etc. Within the pages you organize the icons into groups. I find 5 pages to be manageable. Like having multiple desktop monitors on a PC....
drjoe1 said:
Looking for apps that solve these problems:
Basic tablet info app - cpu and information - - CPUZ
Cleaning app - - SD Maid, Google Files
Good mp3 music player app - - Pulsar HD, but I don't know if it skips
Good podcast app - - Podcast Addict
Good browser - - Firefox Beta (you can sync to your desktop), Puffin, Chrome Beta. Sometimes Chrome just works best.
Adblocker - I use specific adblocker plug-ins or apps for browser was appropriate
App to let me play videos on a screen - - VLC Player
Video player - - VLC Player, MX Player Pro
YouTube? - - YouTube App
Notes - app to write notes that automatically saves (Samsung notes does not do this)
Email app for my AOL account - Outlook, Nine, Gmail, Samsung Mail - all can be set up for multiple email accounts
Dropbox - is the app worth it or should I just use it in a browser? - - Use Solid Explorer or other file browser and link to your cloud storage
E-reader - - I think Moon+ Reader is better than FBReader, but I use both; Color Dict + downloaded stardict dictionaries
Microsoft Office but needs 360 account, Google's versions will work for free
White Noise Pro
Walmart (pharmacy), Amazon for Tablets,
Pandora
Need Cable Account, but Fox Sports Go (regional sports channels), ESPN Go, other networks
Online Banking - depends on you bank
TVGUIDE app
Local Cinema App
MLB At Bat, NFL App
CamScanner
Flud
Printhand or Printershare
Malwarebytes, Bitdefender Antivirus Free
SwiftKey keyboard
Office Calculator Pro
Microsoft Remote Desktop
Etc etc etc
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Thank you that's extremely helpful!
I'll try moon again. The last time I used it, I didn't like it, but it's been forever.
I really appreciate you posting your go to list.
I use good lock and one hand operations. Makes using the tablet much nicer imo.
Basic tablet info app - cpu and information - Settings->About
Cleaning app (maybe SD maid?) - Settings->Device Care->Storage
Good mp3 music player app I can't seem to find one that I like - AIMP
Good podcast app - I don't do podcasts
Good browser - Samsung Browser from Play store so far is the best for me even under LineageOS, has Adblock, contrast theme (black background to save AMOLED and battery)
Adblocker - see browser
Firewall - root needed, u can configure your router for anything, inlcuding adblocking
App to let me play videos on a screen - MX Player, any app which allows Casting
Essential magisk modules - root needed, I don't see much benefit given no custom ROMs
Busybox? - latest, free
Xprivacy - N/A
YouTube? - Youtube Vanced on xda
Notes - should be tonns of those in Playstore
Grocery list app - again
dark mode for Oreo - get Pie upgrade and use night mode
Video player - MX Player
Email app for my AOL account - comes with Email app in OS
Apps I've heard about but never tried:
Any suggestions for getting them or not?
Tasker - say, regular nightly reboots
Substraum - themes, but the choice of thems, and permissions they ask is ridiculous
MS 365 for Android use SmartOffice for doc,xls, ppt
Dropbox - app should be worth it if u use Dropbox, I don't share my files with some random cloud provider.
Something cool Waze for navigation
My list of apps I utilize frequently
Dolphin browser - worst browser, use Samsung
SwiftKey - nothing wrong with stock keyboard
Tweetings for Twitter - I use browser for all my social media, apps do unusual bad things.
Quickpic - Gallery and Google Photos are fine
ComicRack - paid version - N/A
LMT - I like Nova Launcher
Smart audiobook player - paid version - if u say so
FBReader - paid version, Coolreader is free
Titanium backup - agree
TWRP - it is not an app
Magisk - I'm new to this but it's cool, I'm opposed to rooting without ROMs
Zarchiver - I can't live without it - it is OK
NextRadio - OS comes with Radio client
Diskuasge - Setting->DeviceCare
Greenify - I'm opposed to rooting without ROMs, free Greenify has limited functionality, Samsung OS now does the same things in battery saving mode
My phone explorer client - Amaze File Explorer for me
Phone and Messages - try using Signal if u care about ur privacy
Calendar - I use Smooth Calendar for its widget
Email - for work email
So MX Player vs VLC player:
I like MX Player's ability to zoom video using screen gestures. But I've had limited success casting to a Chromecast. It only got the feature a shirt time ago, and virtually everything I try to cast doesn't work with chromecast. I've never had issues casting local files with VLC Player.