Recommended Apps on the Market - G1 General

So I got g1 last night and I love it, downloaded a few apps from market so I figured I would share recommendations for apps I have so far. First tmobile hot spot locater is a must. Also got myspace which is cool but not really needed. Wikimobile is awesome, a must have and any cut program allows you to place shortcuts on homescreen on just about anything on your phone, including battery. Which programs has everyone else found useful, recommend?
Downloaded
Stopwatch
Flashlight
Spelldial - love it!
Bistromath
Ringdroid - mp3 cutter
Pacman
Solitaire
Quickpedia
Yellow book
Anycut
Hotspot locator

I installed:
"ShopSavvy" its great
"AnyCut" Great as well
"T-Mobile Hot Spot Locator"
Locale
PAC-MAN, what a classic
Pro-Football , it's Awesome
I-Map
Video Player
AndNav
Barcode Scanner
College Football
Flashlight
QuickList
WikiTap

Mikey1022 said:
I installed "ShopSavvy" its great and im also reading great reviews about "AnyCut"
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Yes sir it is a great app a must have mikey my man! Starting to think I don't need internet sharing g1 internet is blazing fast!

Anycut: ***** Great little app that makes anythign info a desktop shortcut. Very handy for battery info and network settings
Bonzai Blast**** Amazing and addicting game. Only proble is that it sucks your battery life
WikiMobile**** Does a great job of mobile implementation of Wikipedia. Great for looking up facts on certain things. Try looking up the G1

How long are apps going to be free on the market? Are apps even free?

Updated my first post!

donutman said:
How long are apps going to be free on the market? Are apps even free?
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Apps will be free untill the end of the year, starting Jan then we pay

Mikey1022 said:
I installed:
"ShopSavvy" its great
"AnyCut" Great as well
"T-Mobile Hot Spot Locater"
Locale
PAC-MAN, what a classic
Pro-Football , it's Awesome
I-Map
Video Player
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I installed all of those except I-Map. I also installed these:
College Football
Barcode Scanner
imeem
Shazam
Telegraph
The Weather Channel
Translate
TuneWiki
WikiMobile

compareeverything is my current favorite... most common merchandise is found and prices given- easy to impress others with this program

Has anyone figured out how to change icons for apps on the home screen?

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We got a android file explorer on the market this morning... Must have...

gospeed.racergo said:
compareeverything is my current favorite... most common merchandise is found and prices given- easy to impress others with this program
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Would you recommend it over shopsavvy? Updated my first post as well, by the time I'm done my first post will take up the first page lol.
As far as the file manager its a good start but can't open most of the files which sucks.

stats555 said:
Would you recommend it over shopsavvy?
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I do recommend Compare everywhere over shop savy. Compare averywhere has more products...

Yos025 said:
We got a android file explorer on the market this morning... Must have...
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Sweet....thanks man I just got it....some people complain about the apps,but they are doing pretty well uploading stuff,consideing the device was relased a week ago.

Yos025 said:
I do recommend Compare everywhere over shop savy. Compare averywhere has more products...
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Cool thanks gonna switch em out right now!

I didn't like the solitare interface. It was a forced landscape, and the card sizing is funky...not the cards themselves, but the symbols/numbers. They should've taken a cue from WinMo and made the hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades oversized so that they're more visible.

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GPS software for joggers?

Hi all, I'm due to start a new training regime and decided that a bit of a new toy will help keep me motivated!
I've seen an application for iphone that tells you your time, distance and speed whilst you're running. Does anyone know of a similar bit of software for the touch HD?
Thanks in advance,
Martin
Take a look here.
iRun
But I think it's not free
NoniGPSPlot - freeware and can be uploaded to google earth etc
Thanks all, will gice the g-watch a go tomorrow and go from there.
Cheers,
Martin
www.sportsdo.net works well, and although it's not free the demo version works well enough.
...i vote gwatch - very easy to move the track to google earth...
very very nice sports app with so many functions...
http://www.rungps.net/wiki/ChangeHistoryUVEN
donzx6 said:
NoniGPSPlot - freeware and can be uploaded to google earth etc
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seconded
GPS Cycle Computer
PelloG said:
very very nice sports app with so many functions...
http://www.rungps.net/wiki/ChangeHistoryUVEN
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Defo the best!! .....but for free, try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424423
Toggs said:
Defo the best!! .....but for free, try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424423
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Thank you..nice one, but i have bought runGPS(every penny worth) I will try yours also.
pefect tool is Trackr realtime maps, people can follow you realtime, and al tracks can be reviewed again. measures disctance speed ec.
Cheers for the feedback all. I've been mostly using GWatch this week and have found it's simplicity to use whilst running a bonus.
Will definitely be giving the other free ones a go at some point though.
In the mean time can someone tell me how to plot my route on google maps. I've tried searching and had no joy.
Thanks,
Martin
I use SmartRunner (http://www.smartrunner.de/pages/LatestSmartRuns.aspx)
Its free. But its german!
Rungps user and it truely offers a large magnitude of options. Good choice.

Facebook, no 'Like' in News/Update pages, and cant see comments!!

Where is the 'Like' button and why on earth can you only see the original status posted by a friend and not any comments made about that status???
I Commented on a friends status only to find out (logged on from my PC) that 4 other people had already commented and so my comment made no sense! lol
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Where is the 'Like' button and why on earth can you only see the original status posted by a friend and not any comments made about that status???
I Commented on a friends status only to find out (logged on from my PC) that 4 other people had already commented and so my comment made no sense! lol
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Yeah I must say coming from the iPhone the facebook app on win mob is terrible! Ok I know its pretty sad saying that but tbh before having my iPhone I didn't use facebook much but because the facebook app on the iPhone was such a pleasure to use I really got in to it... I'm having to use facebook on opera now.
Dump the FB app, it's utterly useless.
Use http://touch.facebook.com instead. Better, faster, and works awesome in Opera.
Thats what I have been using shame there isnt a facebook app that works though..
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Yeah I must say coming from the iPhone the facebook app on win mob is terrible! Ok I know its pretty sad saying that but tbh before having my iPhone I didn't use facebook much but because the facebook app on the iPhone was such a pleasure to use I really got in to it... I'm having to use facebook on opera now.
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Agree !
mr_Ray said:
Dump the FB app, it's utterly useless.
Use http://touch.facebook.com instead. Better, faster, and works awesome in Opera.
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Ah, thanks for the link ! Mutch better !
yes, this touch page, is very nice, and a billion times better like that app...
mr_Ray said:
Dump the FB app, it's utterly useless.
Use http://touch.facebook.com instead. Better, faster, and works awesome in Opera.
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Spot on!
Much better!
I'm not hugely into FB but it would of been nice to at least be able to use it as it's a preinstalled app!!
Considering the guy who developed the iphone version of facebook app fell out with apple due to its ridiculous app store approval process, they should get him to make a WM version!
http://touch.facebook.com...rocks...
WM facebook app...sucks..
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DMAND said:
Considering the guy who developed the iphone version of facebook app fell out with apple due to its ridiculous app store approval process, they should get him to make a WM version!
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Absolutly !!!
DMAND said:
Considering the guy who developed the iphone version of facebook app fell out with apple due to its ridiculous app store approval process, they should get him to make a WM version!
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We can support this group, and maaaaybe?
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=188723771295
Been using the touch.facebook.com for a few days now and you guys are right so much better then the app for WM... but just wondering if anyone else is having an issue with it being slow to update news feeds? Seems to be way behind at times!
ive had that problemw ith the touch site, but the main diffeerence for me between the iPhone app, is the lack of facebook chat, thats a nice feature!
Thanks for the heads-up regarding touch.facebook - didn't know about that! The winmo facebook ap is not very fully featured at all, which is a shame, because it wouldn't be a difficult application to write. That said, browsing being as good as it is on the HD2, i usually just visit the full facebook site. With pinch zooming i find it a breeze to navigate. Touch is probably a more sensible option though i guess. Just replaced my facebook ap quicklink with the facebook touch bookmark
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Been using the touch.facebook.com for a few days now and you guys are right so much better then the app for WM... but just wondering if anyone else is having an issue with it being slow to update news feeds? Seems to be way behind at times!
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Yeah, at the bottom is a link to "Mobile Site" which is m.facebook.com I think - that has the news feed issue fixed, but isn't as finger-friendly (it's not bad tho).
Neither of them allow you to view or tag photos very well IMO, a decent FB WinMo app would be very welcome.

[Q] What to do when I get it.

Hi I am in Canada and i just preordered the xperia play. Just wanted to know what is like the first things i should do when i get it? (im moving from an iphone to this). What are great android apps that i should download and such.
regards,
First android device huh? Well... Custom home screen would be number one, specially coming from iPhone, get something like launcher pro as it's my favorite, very customizable, but it might be a little much at first if you are in culture shock.
Emulators is a big plus and benefit to me if that's your thing. Almost everything on iPhone has it's android alternative except for a couple popular games. Is there a list of your favorite iPhone apps and maybe we can identify the android counterpat
thanks for the quick reply. games arent really my worry as im fine with going around trying new ones. things i wanted to know is if i can disable timescape and other useless addons. does the keyboard work fine or can i install some app to get the swype keyboard or something better? and that app you mentioned sounds cool, will definately try it.
regards
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thanks for the quick reply. games arent really my worry as im fine with going around trying new ones. things i wanted to know is if i can disable timescape and other useless addons. does the keyboard work fine or can i install some app to get the swype keyboard or something better? and that app you mentioned sounds cool, will definately try it.
regards
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Swype is my favorite keyboard replacement, the stock android one is good, but I heard the one that comes with this might suck a bit maybe? Better keyboard is a skin able keyboard replacement and you can skin it to look/feel like the iPhones.
As far as disabling stuff, you can to a point, but without root access (like jail breaking) you can't touch some of the lower level services. Home replacement is what I think you will want though, get launcher pro or adw launcher. Adw being very themeable. Launcher pro having more polish/settings.
sounds cool. so ill definetly look at swype. how exactly does launder pro work? does it replace everything? (ie timescape)?
AriStar said:
sounds cool. so ill definetly look at swype. how exactly does launder pro work? does it replace everything? (ie timescape)?
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It will replace your entire homescreen and everything that's one it - it won't however replace other parts of your system like the Timescape gallery, keyboard or music player. However, all those things are replaceable as well with many alternatives in the market and over here.
Emulators, Emulators, Emulators i say!
AriStar said:
things i wanted to know is if i can disable timescape and other useless addons.
regards
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USA verizon version will not come with timescape and other sony stuff. It will come with a few verizon apps. I'm not sure about the Rogers version.
Swype, teamviewer, flash player, xda app
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matknny said:
Swype, teamviewer, flash player, xda app
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what is teamviewer and xda app
Teamviewer works like LogMeIn but for Win/Mac/Linux and for free. Xda app is a app that allows you to view this forum.
Also check out all these games with surprort for Xperia Play. make sure to download the specific versions in some cases.
XDA link to games
thanks for the list of games, and ill def check out teamviewer cause i love logmein.
ps is there a good site do download apk's and is there any guide on the subject?
AriStar said:
thanks for the list of games, and ill def check out teamviewer cause i love logmein.
ps is there a good site do download apk's and is there any guide on the subject?
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The only apk you need is Teamviewer so you can scan the barcode on there site for that.
Hie guys were can i find swype, cause its not on the market is it? Thanks.
I am bummed that the verizon one is stock
I wanted Sony's skin...i like timescape
carmeng4evr said:
I am bummed that the verizon one is stock
I wanted Sony's skin...i like timescape
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Conning from nexus one I wish I had stock andrioid.
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WoW! Multi-tasking browser?? Link!

WoW!!!
How good does this look?
Only prob is it is not a free app, and probably rightly so as I have never seen an android browser do this before!
If anyone gets it, post review here.
Enjoy
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.myboyfriendisageek.airbrowser
MJ-12
ok i had to try this.. works great. I cant wait until all apps can work in a window like this.. Im guessing its using the widget resize technology.
Thanks for the heads up.
erica_renee said:
ok i had to try this.. works great. I cant wait until all apps can work in a window like this.. Im guessing its using the widget resize technology.
Thanks for the heads up.
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Cool.. Can you use it to goto http://html5test.com and let us know what it scores?
Thanks!
Euclid's Brother said:
Cool.. Can you use it to goto http://html5test.com and let us know what it scores?
Thanks!
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Here is score and a few things it did not do so well on. Looks like its good for basic browsing.
Hope this is helpful
I am running on Vache rom with the acer rings wifi patch and 3.01 patch.
This is pretty darn sweet. Thanks for the find MJ-12, and thanks ER for the screenshots. Worth double the price.
Your very welcome I have been using it all day.
Its kinda a taste to what I think android will become. The same Dev has a few other floating. Apps. Like a calculator.
definitely cool enough to drop a buck and a half on. I played with it for a few minutes and then moved on but when the time comes and I need a couple browsers at the ready Ive got an app for that!
If any developers are interested in how he's doing it, he's registering the app as a service and drawing to the notification layer which also allows you to intercept (and act upon) touch events.
Not saying this app is doing it, but beware of apps that request those permissions, they could in theory log every touch on your screen.
Chrome Beta does much better
erica_renee said:
Here is score and a few things it did not do so well on. Looks like its good for basic browsing.
Hope this is helpful
I am running on Vache rom with the acer rings wifi patch and 3.01 patch.
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Chrome beta scores 350 approx already... guess they might add such feature in the future
That is pretty slick. They have a calculator that does the same thing too. True multitasking here we come!
Just tried it, works great, thanks for sharing!
had this since i read about it on...... where was it, phandroid or android central, one of the two.
definetly worth the money. don't use it that much but its really nice when i do.
tip: leave browser defaults unchecked, so your tab prompts you to choose a browser and you can choose overskreen. its like window's "open link in new window"

[LWP] Minecraft Skin Live Wallpaper

I'm not sure if i'm in the right section, but i do need help testing on other platforms cause the emulator doesn't support Open ES 2.0. and i only carry a 2.3.3 device. Thanks for the support!
This is a 3D live wallpaper of your Minecraft skin! put your username in for minecraft and show off your skin as your wallpaper!
*****This is a BETA version*****
Please e-mail me of any bug and avoid negative reviews! This live wallpaper will up updated constantly to support more features!
* To keep this live wallpaper FREE I have implemented ads. Completing the ad once will stop is from coming back forever!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.novaspirit.minecraftskin
please let me know if there are bugs or force closes. the Android emulator doesn't support 3D so it's very hard to program to support all environments. i use 2.3.3 and it works fine. and if you guys have any ideas you want to see let me kno. Thanks!
This app works out great on ICS. Nothing to report. Just my opinion: It gets boring after sometime... sry if it hurt you.
1c3_5n0w said:
This app works out great on ICS. Nothing to report. Just my opinion: It gets boring after sometime... sry if it hurt you.
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nope didn't hurt lols, it's still beta.. before i get more involved in the code i wanted to make sure it will support more versions other then 2.3.3. Thanks!
Doesnt show up on GSM Xperia Play stock rom 2.3.4
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Doesnt show up on GSM Xperia Play stock rom 2.3.4
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does it f/c? or just stuck on loading screen?
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does it f/c? or just stuck on loading screen?
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The post may be referring to PlayStore compatibility.
Unfortunately I receive an incompatible message on HTC Sensation. (Android 4.0.4).
It looks like a great LWP though. Thanks for the share.
Regards.
Hi there,
Just some feedback for you.
I've just installed this on SGS2 with no problems at all using a 212 dpi screen resolution. (Hdpi).
Great start! There's a lot of Minecraft fans out there, so the potential is huge.
Cheers.
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Hi there,
Just some feedback for you.
I've just installed this on SGS2 with no problems at all using a 212 dpi screen resolution. (Hdpi).
Great start! There's a lot of Minecraft fans out there, so the potential is huge.
Cheers.
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i was about to ask what dpi was your sensation. i'll look into it soon! hopfully i can some out with a new update to fix that
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i was about to ask what dpi was your sensation. i'll look into it soon! hopfully i can some out with a new update to fix that
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Its fine on my S2.
My sensation has a screen resolution of 540×960.
It could well be that the Rom at the time may of needed a Market Fix.
Bear with me, I'll try with another Rom that's now installed.
Cheers.
P.s, I've gave a playstore rating also.
OK yes it's fine.
I was running a CM9 nightly at the time, but now it's downloaded just fine with another build.
For reference I've downloaded it twice at different resolutions, 240 ,212 with no issues.
On a side note, check out this game:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mindblocks.blocks
It's not just an ordinary Minecraft clone. Highly recommended, and definitely one to watch.
Good luck, I'll keep my eyes on this thread.
Cheers.
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The post may be referring to PlayStore compatibility.
Unfortunately I receive an incompatible message on HTC Sensation. (Android 4.0.4).
It looks like a great LWP though. Thanks for the share.
Regards.
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hey i'm looking into this now. hopefully i can figure why it's incompatible.
i'm upto version 1.0.5 on my release and this time i fixed a lot of texturing stuff and added new features. enjoy!
i should have emptied a section for myself to post updates.. i guess it's too late now
x3maniac said:
I'm not sure if i'm in the right section, but i do need help testing on other platforms cause the emulator doesn't support Open ES 2.0. and i only carry a 2.3.3 device. Thanks for the support!
This is a 3D live wallpaper of your Minecraft skin! put your username in for minecraft and show off your skin as your wallpaper!
*****This is a BETA version*****
Please e-mail me of any bug and avoid negative reviews! This live wallpaper will up updated constantly to support more features!
* To keep this live wallpaper FREE I have implemented ads. Completing the ad once will stop is from coming back forever!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.novaspirit.minecraftskin
please let me know if there are bugs or force closes. the Android emulator doesn't support 3D so it's very hard to program to support all environments. i use 2.3.3 and it works fine. and if you guys have any ideas you want to see let me kno. Thanks!
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Dosent work that great hard to explain what it does but the char. moves with the slightest touch of the screen. the char. turns completely around. Also every time i complete that pesky leadbolt ad the selection "added pose mode" still disabled. guess you only care about money
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Dosent work that great hard to explain what it does but the char. moves with the slightest touch of the screen. the char. turns completely around. Also every time i complete that pesky leadbolt ad the selection "added pose mode" still disabled. guess you only care about money
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haha, it's not that i only care about money. but money helps. to keep this application free i implemented ads, i rather not make this only paid.
this is also the first time i'm using lead bolt. i also filed some complains about not completing even tho the user has completed the ad. i'm looking into using something else that is more reliable. they did email me back that it takes a few days for the ads to fully implement into my application. don't know what that means but the app only has been out for 4 days.
thanks for letting me know about the char moves with slightest touch. i looked into that before, i did not add a frame / time counter so next version will be fixed.
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haha, it's not that i only care about money. but money helps. to keep this application free i implemented ads, i rather not make this only paid.
this is also the first time i'm using lead bolt. i also filed some complains about not completing even tho the user has completed the ad. i'm looking into using something else that is more reliable. they did email me back that it takes a few days for the ads to fully implement into my application. don't know what that means but the app only has been out for 4 days.
thanks for letting me know about the char moves with slightest touch. i looked into that before, i did not add a frame / time counter so next version will be fixed.
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All right thanks about getting the slight touch thing fixed maybe use admob leadbolt kind of sucks
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All right thanks about getting the slight touch thing fixed maybe use admob leadbolt kind of sucks
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Yea I'm quickly realising that now. Admob doesn't support "content unlocker".. my next choice I'm looking into is tapjoy? I wonder how that company is
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x3maniac said:
Yea I'm quickly realising that now. Admob doesn't support "content unlocker".. my next choice I'm looking into is tapjoy? I wonder how that company is
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Or use any simple ad service and create your own unlock content after clicking an ad. i made a crappy one before but ditched it... got alot of hate mail and comments
I went to install this, but then realized: why does it need the following permissions?
- Coarse (network-based) location
- Fine (GPS) location
- Read phone state and identity
This looks like a fine app, and I would like try it out and help with its development. However, I do not want my privacy invaded. It's a live wallpaper. It shouldn't need these permissions. The only reason why I think you would need these permissions is if the ad-providing plugin required them, in which case I'll skip on this app. Please remove these permissions.
FredFS456 said:
I went to install this, but then realized: why does it need the following permissions?
- Coarse (network-based) location
- Fine (GPS) location
- Read phone state and identity
This looks like a fine app, and I would like try it out and help with its development. However, I do not want my privacy invaded. It's a live wallpaper. It shouldn't need these permissions. The only reason why I think you would need these permissions is if the ad-providing plugin required them, in which case I'll skip on this app. Please remove these permissions.
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yup your right, it is from the ads. the only permission i need for my lwp is internet to access the skin.
i am looking into using another provider. i'll be posting my results once i have found something suitable and reliable.
It doesn't load my skin
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It doesn't load my skin
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which skin are you using for your device? and android version. i'll look into it

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