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Root What apps do rooted users have?

Rachel_Ambler said:
Open Garden WiFi seems to work happily for me. I hook my Xoom up regularly to it with no problems. If I'm on WiFi on my phone it automatically turns it off so it connects to 3G then turns the WiFi back on when it's done (although I have no use for that feature myself!)
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Can you give me a link to that app? Not sure if you mean this one here, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=og.android.tether&feature=related_apps but it's telling me not available for this phone unless I use the direct link.
 
BliND123 said:
Not really sure, never had a tether app before this, in WiFi Tether for Root Users I have all settings on default besides SSID name.
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Just wondering if you were trying to get a direct connection to a PC (ad hoc). Was confused as to what you where trying to do originally.
 
BliND123 said:
Can you give me a link to that app? Not sure if you mean this one here, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=og.android.tether&feature=related_apps but it's telling me not available for this phone unless I use the direct link.
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Yes, that's the one although I'm more than a little surprised its saying it's not available for your phone. Have you tried the direct link?

I find the app very easy to use with the only caveat that it stores the password for your connection in clear text in the data folder for the app.

Besides that I like the way you can easily limit which MAC addresses have access.
 
Rachel_Ambler said:
Yes, that's the one although I'm more than a little surprised its saying it's not available for your phone. Have you tried the direct link?

I find the app very easy to use with the only caveat that it stores the password for your connection in clear text in the data folder for the app.

Besides that I like the way you can easily limit which MAC addresses have access.
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You have this phone? And yeah, the direct link works.
 
Open Garden is probably not incompatible, it's more likely it has been blocked by Virgin.

As for my moms rooted Elite...
WiFi Tether for Root Users
Mybackup Pro
Adfree
ESfile Manager

The main reasons for root were Adfree, tether, bloat removal, and removing that stupid boot animation and sound (sound can actually be done without root).
 
kaivorth said:
How far can these be overclocked stable? Realistically I'm thinking like 1.5ghz
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IT is possible to OC stable to 1.5ghz. Metropcs has the mirror phone dubbed the LG Optimus M+ and we already have a kernel that enables us to OC to that speed.

Since it is the same processor in both phones with the same specs minus the NFC, you should be able to get a kernel compiled rather quickly for the elite
 
Undelete for Root Users - Lets you recover things that you have deleted

Wifi Protector - Protects your phone from various attacks done over a wi-fi network

Screencast Video Recorder - Lets you take screenshots and record video of your screen
 
just found this app
and would put it in the
must have catagory
..LBE privacy guard..
it lets you control which apps
can access data
and personal info
and more
 
LG Notifications - Makes your soft key lights flash when you get a text, call, or other notification

Button Remapper - I found it on XDA. It lets you change the function of the soft keys. It seems cool but I can't get it to do what I want. I tried to get the search button to open my camera but it only works if I long press.

Permissions Denied - Lets you revoke permissions from apps. I haven't used it yet but it seems to break a lot of apps.
 
nalandrone said:
Superuser/Busybox aside (install if you don't have them)...

Titanium Backup - REQUIRED. The gold standard of backup apps.
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And let this burn away any doubt about that point; I just soft-bricked my OE yesterday morning, got a replacement, and I had had Titanium Backup back all of my apps up to that point - as well as system level backup - to my ExSD card. Popped it in, rooted my replacement OE, and fired up Titanium Backup, hit "Restore", and five minutes later I'm back to the warm and fuzzy goodness that is a functioning OE with everything, including data to go with those apps, restored and in working order without a hitch. Including all of my contacts and texts. ADDENDUM: First thing TB does after it's reinstalled? It happened to have backed up it's own settings, and right on time it not only remembers my schedules set up on my previous OE, but proceeds to carry them out first by deleting backups of uninstalled apps, then backing everything currently installed, post-restore, up to my ExSD. Awesome.

The gold standard indeed.

And now for my list:

SuperSU
BusyBox Free
CPU Tuner
DroidWall
FontChanger (I used it for the Roboto font)
Holo Launcher
ROM Toolbox Lite
Root Explorer
Root Uninstaller (fun fact: freeze Maps with this after stopping it [Maps], and that'll circumvent the problem of it auto-starting itself for no reason)
and last, but not least,
Titanium Backup

Useful, some non-root:

Flashlight + LED (now may be renamed in the Market to just Flashlight)
GO Power Master
GPS Status (additionally, it will fix up your stock GPS to perform much better than before)
JuiceDefender
Move2SD
Scan It
SD Speed Increase
Wifi Tether
SSHTunnel
X-Ray - for testing the vulnerability of your device)
InstaWifi
DroidSheep Guard
Adfree
 
Artine said:
X-Ray - for testing the vulnerability of your device)
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This one (X-Ray for Android) really isn't good at all. Its better than the so-called 'virus scanners' for android. But it still fails on our phone. It says our phone is vulnerable to gingerbreak. That exploit was patched in android before our version (2.3.7) came out.
 
giantpune said:
This one (X-Ray for Android) really isn't good at all. Its better than the so-called 'virus scanners' for android. But it still fails on our phone. It says our phone is vulnerable to gingerbreak. That exploit was patched in android before our version (2.3.7) came out.
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That's true, though it was worth mentioning as in-general since it was featured on Android Police.
 
Solid Explorer - Not strictly a root app, but it's a really cool file manager. It has split screen which makes moving files easier, and you can use it with cloud storage apps like dropbox and box. It's still in beta but it works well.
 
Dark One said:
Solid Explorer - Not strictly a root app, but it's a really cool file manager. It has split screen which makes moving files easier, and you can use it with cloud storage apps like dropbox and box. It's still in beta but it works well.
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Is that like Total Commander at all? Sounds similar given the split/dual screen.
 
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