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by Janis the 3/17/2010

CarSafety

So it goes off driving over a pothole. I shut it off. I total my car 1 hr later. At least the distraction of shutting it off didn't distract me 2 much

by Janis the 3/15/2010

Lockscreen SMS + Locale Plugin

Doesn't play nice with Autolock, which I prefer. But it works well.

by Janis the 3/10/2010

Locale Gesture Control Plug-in

It's still more attractive than the button plug-in. It was a bit RAM-heavy on my G1. Found it better to just open Locale & click.

by Janis the 3/10/2010

Locale Wifi Conditions Plug-in

nice. Wish Locale was more reliable.

by Janis the 3/10/2010

Mahjong

Wish I could give it 95%. It's an A app, but not quite 100%. Definitely worth a try.

by Janis the 3/10/2010

MortPlayer Widgets (beta)

@Syed: install the music player that goes with the widget. You're right, the widget does nothing on its own.

by Janis the 3/6/2010

Tuner - gStrings - TYD

@Ryan: reboot. If that doesn't work, reinstall. The tuner is spot on! Wish the letters were closer for less scrolling.

by Janis the 3/5/2010

Locale Shake Plug-in

It works pretty well when Locale works. It bogged down my G1, and is only good for one Situation at a time (on mine). Like it, no RAM for it.

by Janis the 3/3/2010

PhoneLog

CallTrack does the same plus call history pre-install, for free. So why dis this app? It DOESN'T "SYNC" it just sends to your calendar. Deceptive.

by Janis the 3/3/2010

Note Everything Pro

Solid.

by Janis the 3/3/2010

Celeste SE

Graphics were jumpy. Not for 1st gen Android phones? Wasn't worth the frustration (nor "uninstalling" my CFS boot hack).

by Janis the 3/3/2010

MedBuddy

Hangs saving 1st new med. Backed out, killed, then fine. Shd've bn beta if no other testers b4 publishing. Promising app. Contacted dev, nada. Returnd

by Janis the 3/2/2010

Sleep Log Automatic

One star just for filling a Market gap. Works well. Bare bones app, so I'm looking fowewars to updates.

by Janis the 3/1/2010

Waze: Community GPS navigation

Really well designed. You can do your bit just by running the app while driving. Finally, real traffic info!

by Janis the 2/28/2010

Been There

Which Target store had that set of dishes? Oh, yeah. I took a pic. very handy, and fun.

by Janis the 2/28/2010

Lit Keys

Definitely a keeper.

by Janis the 2/28/2010

Rings Extended

A must-have. To search just start typing. If you want folder sort, OI File manager does. When hunting for a ringtone, I definitely prefer name search.

by Janis the 2/28/2010

AskMe Lite

Yes, Stephanie, it gets stuck, just like the analog ones. This is an excellent emulation of analog. Keep it up dev!

by Janis the 2/28/2010

Magic 8-Ball

Know what's 'tarded? Kids who haven't seen an analog 8-ball and rate the quality of an app based on the concept. Excellent implementation. Free!

by Janis the 2/28/2010

GooMemo

I use another note app for notes, but for journalling and longer entries with more essential organization, this is perfect!

by Janis the 2/28/2010

Big Buttons Keyboard

Brillant layout. Not memory intensive. All soft input apps stay in mem if they are selected; the native one doesn't always show. Love the simplicity!

by Janis the 2/28/2010

Inserty (free)

Love it! Nice to get in in so many ways. Holding off on that last star for a longer list of everything we can put between the #s & time format choice.

by Janis the 2/27/2010

Better Keyboard - QuicKey

I'm so happy to get a soft keyboard with a similar skin to my winmo ph, and for $17 less! Android users have a cheap rep. No wonder.

by Janis the 2/26/2010

Photo Frame Deluxe

Conceptually great! Doesn't load after startup, occaisionally FCs when setting up. G1 CM 4.2.12.1

by Janis the 2/24/2010

Locale

Update FCs most times I open it. I reverted a version.

by Janis the 2/22/2010

Sherpa - Discover your world

@Linsay & TaTiana. I hope you both tried reinstalling & trying again before giving Shepa a bad rap. Market and the application manager have bugs.

by Janis the 2/22/2010

UltraTimer

So not worth what I paid. To enable an end alarm, just put a 2 sec timer at the end to let it sound. Shd I have 2 do that, tho?

by Janis the 2/22/2010

AlwaysPrompt

The FCs fixed promptly. Dev is very responsive. Still only marginally useful to me using only 1 calendar. It works, & is handy in unfamiliar places.

by Janis the 2/22/2010

Battery Booster Full (beta)

First Beta I've seen for sale and not free. It's the best battery graph on Market, but I don't use the rest.

by Janis the 2/20/2010

Battery Graph

Love it, but looked like it was eating a lot of RAM. Other apps using even more RAM don't slow my G1 down that much. ??? I wish it didn't!

by Janis the 2/16/2010

WiFi Toggle

I rank it #1 for fitting in a shortcut to wifi settings in a 1x1. It looks good, and works well/fast.

by Janis the 2/16/2010

Wifi Switcher 1.0.4

G1, CM 4.2.14.1. Didn't indicate status accurately, a couple force closes. Left-justified graphic, but cute.

by Janis the 2/16/2010

Dark Screen for Locale

Great idea, and it works if the kernel of the ROM works. CM 4.2.14.1 is fine. Sometimes I wish it would go darker.

by Janis the 2/14/2010

Root Explorer (File Manager)

Does a few things that no other apps can. No bulky picture viewer or other redundant, cutsie uselessness.

by Janis the 2/14/2010

Grocery King - # 1 Selling App

It was a worthy purchase a while ago just to get in on all the improvements. Updates aren't frequent, but they are substantial - thank you dev!

by Janis the 2/11/2010

Locale Call Detection Plug-in

Seems to work OK, but slows down ring time on my G1 too much, for all calls, not just when active in a situation.

by Janis the 2/11/2010

Shead Spreet Pro

Does what it says... a first for me with spreadsheet apps, & I think I've tried them all. Nothin beats WinMo for this, but this is as close as it gets

by Janis the 2/6/2010

Klaxon - Alarm Clock

Definitely worth trying for the hidden features.

by Janis the 2/6/2010

Rhythm Guitar

Someone @ Google or HTC has got to figure out a new algorithm for mutiple-point screen input. Besides that, some chords were displaying wrong.

by Janis the 2/4/2010

Locale Power Save Plug-in

Nice to turn off 2/3G to reduce notifs or save batt. Doesn't work on my wifi (CM 4.2.14.1 cd hv 2.0 driver), so I use built in.

by Janis the 2/3/2010

Hangman Classic Free

Solid. It's hangman. Good word selection algorithm AFAICT. I like the choice of skins, too.

by Janis the 2/3/2010

DroidLive

Uncluttered, completely useable. It does everything I want it to. One thing, tho, it's very right-handed.

by Janis the 2/2/2010

Screebl - Get Your Screen On!

Obviously very conscientious code, and a thoughtful UI. This is as rock-solid as it gets. Dev is very responsive as well.

by Janis the 1/20/2010

Snap2Date - Voice to Calendar

Works. Slow. G1. Prompts 4 each field = slow. Only saves 2 pre-selected cal (cant edit that on ph). No frills, edit-later deal. Doesn't hear "cancel".

by Janis the 1/19/2010

GestureCommander-Full

Love the concept, UI is nice, but it didn't work for me and got FC on CM 4.2.13 with Advanced Launcher.

by Janis the 1/7/2010

abcOrganizer

With BetterCut, I finally have a decent looking, easy to use desktop. I can't live without this one. Saves its own data to SD for backup, too!

by Janis the 1/5/2010

Weather forecast widget v2

If u have trouble, pls contact developer! NOAA/NWS most accurate 4 MN. I gladly paid for customization. Lately updates a bit buggy 4 me, but solvable.

by Janis the 1/3/2010

LMS™ (30 days trial)

It's a first release. I have no doubnt in my mind that in a day or two this'll have 5* from me.

by Janis the 1/3/2010

Autostarts

Why do all OS's assume a certain usage? This app solves that problem. Thanks dev! A must for G1's with Apps2SD. I woud have thrown mine away w/o this.

by Janis the 1/3/2010

Mood Journal Plus

On it's way 2 being a really great app. The test'll tell u u r really depressed, then you can't log it. Kinda looks like it was custom for 1 person.

by Janis the 1/3/2010

Ultimate Voice Recorder

Runs as a service all the time, rather than trigger by call state. The dev got the audio right, but the code is, well, pretty weak. Not worth $5

by Janis the 12/30/2009

Locale Shortcut Plug-in

It's be great if Locale didn't refresh Situations so often, triggering the shortcut every time. Major PITA. Nice idea though. Can't wait til it's done

by Janis the 12/23/2009

Reader Widget Pro

It's the only attempt of its kind on Market. It hasn't ever worked for me, but I'm holding out.

by Janis the 12/18/2009

Kitten Cannon

Hard-core violent. Surprised PETA hasn't filed a complaint. It works well, but holy $#/+ it's cartoon gruesome.

by Janis the 11/29/2009

Trace Blast FREE

Needs an algorithm to provide a wider margin of error on end pts. I couldn't do 2 B's in <1 min 2 save my life.

by Janis the 11/21/2009

Mr. Liver

I got it to work by tapping randomly on the black screen. Upper right? Inside it's an excellent app!

by Janis the 11/18/2009

WiSyncPlus

I love the idea, & bought it. I'm not using it, tho, bc the prioities r way too confusing. (plus I use Gvoice). ??? Pls clarify!

by Janis the 11/15/2009

XeekuTweets for Twitter

1 more for Stretch's issue & action.

by Janis the 11/10/2009

Pillbox Alert

Maybe right for some, but there are other, free, reminder apps I can use. Not too featured 4 the price.

by Janis the 11/7/2009

WiFi Status

Seems to work on CM 4.2.3.1 (and earlier). Btw, that's on an HTC Dream. Nice to use as radar.

by Janis the 11/6/2009

Iteration (generative art)

Great for looping between "right" and "left" brains, going around the long way. Makes nice wallpapers, too!

by Janis the 11/4/2009

aDiary - Secure Diary Journal

2* 4 being overpriced just bc there's no competition, wd b 3. Most good notes & period apps do this, some 4 free.

by Janis the 11/4/2009

Swapper for Root users

Easiest way 2 enable swap. I strongly recommend this app 2 evry1. u don't have 2 b technical, nor do u have to keep trak of your userinit file.

by Janis the 11/1/2009

Buka

Love this game! Definite fav. @Matt: Thanks for "wonky." Not that it's new to me, but I'm using it for everything now, especially the Ex....

by Janis the 10/21/2009

ExactCallLog

aContacts call log removes notifications from the notification list. I'm not sure why this can't. Kind of defeats the purpose of a call log imho.

by Janis the 10/17/2009

Ipoki for Android

Sory guys. Doesn't handle screen orientation at all. No way to set up an acct, have 2 use browser. Not ready yet.

by Janis the 10/15/2009

Episcopal Calendar

It's a reliable app. It's also a great learning tool, since no one has all this memorized. Gay or not, Anglicanism ROCKS!

by Janis the 10/10/2009

ToggleBlu

Works fine on CM 4.1.999 (Donut). I use Schwimmer's toggles with BarControl. No Home hopping for settings!

by Janis the 10/8/2009

Louder Volume Hack v3.1

It's so dang easy after a flash - no PC necessary! If you don't know what flashing is, learn, or skip this app.

by Janis the 9/16/2009

911

Useful as an app when wiping/updating. I don't have to rebuild speed dial or have 911 in my contacts list

by Janis the 9/15/2009

Face of Ring

Best accelerometer volume controller on Market. Customizable, reliable, easy to turn off. Really nice.

by Janis the 9/3/2009

Daisy Garden Lite

It's adorable, but I can't afford the memory for a widget that doesn't give me phone-necessary info or let me input same. Wanted a stqand-alone app.

by Janis the 9/2/2009

iMap Weather™

Unobtrusive (unlike widgets & others) and always functional. I don't find it to be slow at all.

by Janis the 8/27/2009

robotfindskitten

I wasn't sure if I liked it or not until I read the comments. Now I get it. If you don't, then don't bother. Congrats to a dev w balls *and* a brain.

by Janis the 8/25/2009

CellFinder

Didn't do anything but show my location and tower ID on CM 4.0.1 and .2.

by Janis the 8/25/2009

my ghost

Didn't work for me on Cyanogen's 4.0.1.or .2, but I've got a lot of other software loaded.

by Janis the 8/21/2009

Quickdroid

10k? Eats too much of everything for what it does.

by Janis the 8/20/2009

aniWidget Trial

Nice concept. Agenda never updates. RSS is silly if u cant read more. Wish there was a tweener w just calendar, weather and clock... it wd work.

by Janis the 8/15/2009

SMS Command

Great idea, but I searched hi & lo 4 instructions, or list I cd get w/o using sms. Nada.

by Janis the 8/12/2009

Call Recorder

With the right ROM, or enough room on the phone, this works well. The spkr only thing is a system limitation, not the software.

by Janis the 8/11/2009

Temp Converter

Black background, black text. It's the only free one out, so far... change text to red would likely solve for any default/theme colors.

by Janis the 8/10/2009

Weather forecast widget donate

No other widget like it. Very clean (cd use a UI tweak to fit cal data). Most stable wx widget afaik.

by Janis the 8/10/2009

Quick Addroid

Needs your pw becuase it writes directly to your online Google Calendar. It does. It's fast. Templates are a must for me.

by Janis the 8/10/2009

Picasa tool - Colorful Life

Very nice! I've used it a lot. Wd love to set as private.

by Janis the 8/8/2009

KeyLights Manager Luxury

Running CM 3.9.7 ROM, it only force closes for me.

by Janis the 8/8/2009

TooDo

Best concept, but is heavy and bogs system so abd I had to wipe. No email response for a week from dev. I want this to work!

by Janis the 8/4/2009

Watts

Works well. Could there be a way to output/save data?

by Janis the 7/28/2009

AutoLock

Must-have app. It's a waste of battery power & time to keep entering a pass'word'. But it bogs my phone. :(

by Janis the 7/27/2009

SMS Scheduler

The constantly running service is not worth it for me. Not scheduled so much as holding until clock says ok, even with no data.

by Janis the 7/26/2009

TeaChimer

Best timer available for Android, if your timer is set for less time than your screen timeout. Keep awake option/piggyback toggle screen timeout?

by Janis the 7/26/2009

Diffuse

Perfect for using on long phone calls, but better than doodling!

by Janis the 7/17/2009

Tiny Clock Widget 2

Doesn't update after enabling widget (have to re-enable to get current time). Might be my cyanogen ROM.

by Janis the 6/24/2009

Thermometer (Free)

I have a weather widget that does this, plus wx conditions, and a forecast. It was free. Cute graphics, tho.

by Janis the 6/21/2009

Toggle Screen Timeout

Does what it says cleanly, quietly, unlike *all* the profilers I've tried. Nice, easy access.

by Janis the 6/20/2009

DimBot

Does what it says both quickly & quietly. Doesn't interfere with other apps, either. Amazing response time to requests! Wow! Not a bug to be found!

by Janis the 6/19/2009

Backlight!

Perfect. Cupcake/animations slow it down a bit, but the app is tight.

by Janis the 6/14/2009

Livo Recorder Pro

Does what it says. Where's the widget?

by Janis the 6/14/2009

FastBright

Beautifully simple function. Does what it says. This is a must-have application for any phone.

by Janis the 6/10/2009

TimerWidget

Nice idea, but made other apps (home replacements) force close. Running too much on my phone, I guess.

by Janis the 6/9/2009

JS Weather

Great app; I loved it! Had to uninstall tho cuz it was so resource hungry. Everything force closing til I disabled. Nice, just needs right user.

by Janis the 6/8/2009

Quick Uninstall

Great for long app lists & last night's drunk downloads.

by Janis the 6/8/2009

Dxtop was laggy. Switched to Open Home. Eagerly awaiting aHome compatible widgets!

by Janis the 6/8/2009

Talking Clock

Ambitious dev. project. Love it, but doesn't always work. Too much mem usage? Keep working on it, please!

by Janis the 6/8/2009

LilOnesv2

Download issues aren't bc of the developers!!! Game components are inconsistent, some work, some don't. Hard 2 explain to a kid. Graphics very 80's.

by Janis the 6/6/2009