Android Useful Apps

[AirWolf]

I just use Chrome for MyBB...

 

[kingrob]

I use Internet Explorer, have given up trying to make Chrome a smooth experience.

 

[CranialBlaze]

I use Internet Explorer, have given up trying to make Chrome a smooth experience.

Wow, never thought one of the 10% would visit a tech forum.

 

[OGroteKoning]

I use Internet Explorer, have given up trying to make Chrome a smooth experience.

Smooth here ... You must be doing it wrong

 

[kingrob]

Smooth here ... You must be doing it wrong

No, I have a very low specced pc, Intel NUC Celeron.

IE hardware acceleration is superior to anything else + could not watch 1080p YouTube videos in Chrome, but fine in IE11, with only 20% CPU utilisation.

I learned to live with it, so waiting impatiently for Spartan.

 

[AirWolf]

I use Internet Explorer, have given up trying to make Chrome a smooth experience.

Meant on my phone...

 

[kingrob]

Meant on my phone...

Me too, updated to Chrome 40 last night.

 

[Bryn]

No, I have a very low specced pc, Intel NUC Celeron.

IE hardware acceleration is superior to anything else + could not watch 1080p YouTube videos in Chrome, but fine in IE11, with only 20% CPU utilisation.

I learned to live with it, so waiting impatiently for Spartan.

I think you're due for an upgrade...

 

[Piesang]

Me too, updated to Chrome 40 last night.

Chrome 40???? Let me check. I didn't see a update.

 

[vicv]

Smart WiFi Toggler

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sebouh00.smartwifitoggler

"An app for toggling WiFi based on location, helping conserve battery and data"

Been using it for a few days, looks good.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Is there an app that can automatically swap to using fixed IP on one AP and switch back when a diffrent AP is in range?

 

[Bryn]

Is there an app that can automatically swap to using fixed IP on one AP and switch back when a diffrent AP is in range?

Why do you need an app for that? Just reserve an IP address in a particular router and connect with the fixed IP settings. I use fixed IP addresses at home.

 

[GhostSixFour]

Smart WiFi Toggler

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sebouh00.smartwifitoggler

"An app for toggling WiFi based on location, helping conserve battery and data"

Been using it for a few days, looks good.

Llama does much the same but also more.

 

[Bryn]

Llama does much the same but also more.

Isn't Llama just a poor man's Tasker?

 

[Park@82]

Isn't Llama just a poor man's Tasker?

yea but when you only need the basics, why buy tasker?

 

[Piesang]

Llama does much the same but also more.

My Z3 Compact does that without 3rd party apps.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

My Z3 Compact does that without 3rd party apps.

My next phone but for now my office wifi has dhcp off and a non standard gateway IP on it,

Everytime I come in I got to tick use static IP at work, and untick it when I'm home,

Thought somebody already created an app for that,

 

[OGroteKoning]

My next phone but for now my office wifi has dhcp off and a non standard gateway IP on it,

Everytime I come in I got to tick use static IP at work, and untick it when I'm home,

Thought somebody already created an app for that,

I might be missing something here, but can you not just go into advance settings of the wifi network on your phone and input the static IP you want/need?

 

[TJ99]

My next phone but for now my office wifi has dhcp off and a non standard gateway IP on it,

Everytime I come in I got to tick use static IP at work, and untick it when I'm home,

Thought somebody already created an app for that,

What phone do you have? It's a standard feature of Android to have separate settings for each wireless network. So you just save your static IP to the work once and leave the home one on DHCP.

I might be missing something here, but can you not just go into advance settings of the wifi network on your phone and input the static IP you want/need?

Yeah you're supposed to be able to. All my phones/tablets could do that.

 

[AirWolf]

TJ99 is correct - you can set any wifi network to DHCP or static (with IP address in the case of static).