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Must-have Android apps

Discussion in 'Tilted Gear' started by Zweiblumen, Sep 9, 2011.

  1. redux

    redux Very Tilted

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    Not an app, but Marshmallow anyone?

    I updated my LG G4 today. I havent noticed much difference yet but it was a smooth update.

    The Doze "intelligent" battery management feature is supposed to be a big improvement but I had to dig around to find it. It is not called Doze but seems to be the "Ignore Optimizations" under battery usage settings.

    As to apps, Drippler is great source of new android apps and tips.
     
  2. martian

    martian Server Monkey Staff Member

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    Mars
    My Nexus 5 has been running Marshmallow for ages. There aren't any dramatic changes from Lollypop, really, but the battery improvements are quite nice. It can idle for days in my pocket now, which is all the more impressive because it isn't exactly new.
     
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  3. redux

    redux Very Tilted

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    So the Doze battery management feature is not something you turn on or off anywhere in the settings?

    And the new (?) battery optimization features are more about how you can turn apps off from running in the background?
     
  4. Shadowex3

    Shadowex3 Very Tilted

    I'll have to wait for my preferred rom (Maverick) to update to marshmallow... hopefully it'll fix the S5's constantly-crashing camera and occasional runaway memory usage.

    Appwise I've recently started using [Anki]( Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards ) to help boost my hebrew vocabulary. It's an app that automates spaced repetition based on custom flashcards you create, it's surprisingly simple to actually use and plays very nicely with importing LibreOffice spreadsheets. I'm planning to put together a few different decks other than just the top-200 frequency deck I'm abusing the pareto principle with right now... verbs (root and a few basic conjugations), useful nouns, and a special critical-vocab list of things like "yesterday" or "was" to help where I'm missing a conjugation. I might sound a bit like a caveman but I'll get the meaning across.