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what apps are you downloading

Right now I'm rocking the Google keyboard off the play store and wake lock detector to squeeze the most out of this massive battery
 
Running GoSMS pro for messaging, Swype for my keyboard since I'm used to the shortcuts, I use stock Maps for Nav, and that's about it. FB for a car group page, News & Weather, a couple little things here and there. Gotta load back up Netflix/Flixter for my movies sometime. I don't generally use too many apps. I usually load up an app that I might need for a bit, and then uninstall when I'm done with it if I know I won't use it again any time soon. I used to let them all just sit on the phone but got sick of having to scroll through all of them.
 
I'll admit though, I'm tempted to go back to another launcher to play with. It's not that I don't like stock, but I miss having my scrolling dock and resizable widgets. But, I like having transparent softkeys too, which I lose on those. Eh. I dunno. Usually just use Apex or Nova...maybe I'll look at other ones too for kicks.

There just aren't many must-have apps that I need. Used to be there were a bunch to make the phone experience better, but this phone just doesn't seem to need those.
 
The app I downloaded that's most helpful to the actual operation of the phone has been Lux, since the stock Auto Brightness doesn't seem to work very well.

Also, Light Flow works well on the G2.

Other than that I haven't really downloaded anything to augment the phone's built in stuff. Everything else is your standard FB, Twitter, Voice, etc.
 
Swiftkey and Go SMS Pro are the only ones I need on any phone. Everything else is just for playing around (ie. social media, games, etc.)
 
One app I didn't have to get for this phone is Ring Filter. I love that they included Quiet Mode with number filtering. I don't like that I have to swipe away the notification during off hours, but that's a minor, MINOR, annoyance.
 
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