Free and useful Android apps

EdW_2

I have a HTC Hero on 2.2 - I have:-

(all free)

Air Control Lite (very addictive)
Aldiko (book ap, pretty useful, some free books)
Angry Birds (best mobile game ever)
Angry Birds Seasons (see above)
Ataroid Lite (Play Atari 2600 roms)
Auto Express
Basketball Shot
Bible (great if you like your bible, like me)
Chess Free (plays a top game)
Desert (stupid app but funny animal sounds)
Ebay
Facebook
Frodo 64 (Com 64 emulator, superb)
Gearoid Lite (SMS, Gamegear emulator, superb)
Gensoid Lite (Megadrive emulator, close to perfection)
IBeer Free (a laugh)
Inflate the Panda (fun game)
Mole! Mole! Mole! (top game)
MusicBox (amazing MP3 app!)
myplayer (iplayer)
Nesoid lite (NES emulator)
Opera Mini browser
Rom Gripper (source roms for your emulators)
Sky+
Sid Player (plays Commodore 64 music)
SNesoid Lite (SNES emulator, amazing)
Space War
Tune in Radio
Yell.com
YouTube
ZXDroid (Spectrum emulator)!

nsabournemouth

aircontrol........love it.

bubblesmoney

EdW wrote: »

I have a HTC Hero on 2.2 - I have:-

(all free)

Air Control Lite (very addictive)
Aldiko (book ap, pretty useful, some free books)
Angry Birds (best mobile game ever)
Angry Birds Seasons (see above)
Ataroid Lite (Play Atari 2600 roms)
Auto Express
Basketball Shot
Bible (great if you like your bible, like me)
Chess Free (plays a top game)
Desert (stupid app but funny animal sounds)
Ebay
Facebook
Frodo 64 (Com 64 emulator, superb)
Gearoid Lite (SMS, Gamegear emulator, superb)
Gensoid Lite (Megadrive emulator, close to perfection)
IBeer Free (a laugh)
Inflate the Panda (fun game)
Mole! Mole! Mole! (top game)
MusicBox (amazing MP3 app!)
myplayer (iplayer)
Nesoid lite (NES emulator)
Opera Mini browser
Rom Gripper (source roms for your emulators)
Sky+
Sid Player (plays Commodore 64 music)
SNesoid Lite (SNES emulator, amazing)
Space War
Tune in Radio
Yell.com
YouTube
ZXDroid (Spectrum emulator)!

I haven't used emulation before. Do you just install it and play games available on that or do you have to buy the games from elsewhere. You mentioned quite a few emulators, can you give your preference order please for others to try out if they are not used to emulators. Does it need the phone to be rooted etc.

tightrs

rom gripper is all you need to find emulaters and roms for free and your phone does not have to be rooted

PrincessPlaty

Does anyone know if there is a way to move all apps from phone memory to sd card?

I have moved some but it doesn't give me the option to move others or is this down to the makers of the app?

Rusty!

It is down to the app manufactures, however it can be done anyway, need to either root your phone, or use Google's ADB program to send a command to the phone.

It's not overly complicated, but will involve a little fiddling

PrincessPlaty

Rusty! wrote: »

It is down to the app manufactures, however it can be done anyway, need to either root your phone, or use Google's ADB program to send a command to the phone.

It's not overly complicated, but will involve a little fiddling

The above in bold was going to be my next question! How do I go about it and what does rooting it actually do?

Rusty!

Root is a bit like jailbreaking an iPhone, it gives you more control over things/the possibility of extra features such as screenshots & adjusting CPU speeds.

As for how to, it depends on your phone somewhat, some are easier than others, although it's mostly a one-click app based solution now.

lucylucky

I must review my thoughts on the Places app which I commented upon earlier.

It is brilliant in London.

Sadly it is absolutely sh!te in Glasgow

PrincessPlaty

Rusty! wrote: »

Root is a bit like jailbreaking an iPhone, it gives you more control over things/the possibility of extra features such as screenshots & adjusting CPU speeds.

As for how to, it depends on your phone somewhat, some are easier than others, although it's mostly a one-click app based solution now.

So on a HTC Wildfire how would I go about doing so?

Would I also be able to remove things that came already on the phone for example Youtube (which wont play without jumping all the way through no matter what i try!).