Android Central's R.A.T (Root Apps Thread)

[tazman1963]

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One of the most fun root programs I like to play with (yes I said play with! ) is Boot RANDImations, because you've got over 130 boot animations to choose from, you can even add your own! The beauty of this app is it randomly displays the animations that you have chosen, its real easy to add your own custom sounds or recordings in mp3 format by putting them in the same folder labeled as android_sound.mp3. Its just plain old fun to run this root app.

 

[Masheen]

question about Set Cpu. Shouldn't Gingerbread already be optimized enough to scale between 300 mhz and 1 ghz. I have a Droid x and I really don't see any difference using set cpu. I've heart juice defender has a couple of cool radio tweaks along with a built in cpu scaler but is set cpu beneficial on its own if you are not under/overlooking?

 

[ftgg99]

Root Call Blocker and Screenshot ER of course

 

[Stan Major]

Thanks for sharing that, one of my friends told me that those apps which access the root are often the major cause of problem and the problem may be unintentionally caused due to software issues. I think you should share the 8th warnings link on the home page somewhere and kindly make it a sticky post. thanks

 

[Doc]

I see that SuperUser has been updated to version 3.0. Has anyone upgraded yet? If so, how is it and what is new?

Doc

 

[ftgg99]

Thanks for sharing that, one of my friends told me that those apps which access the root are often the major cause of problem and the problem may be unintentionally caused due to software issues. I think you should share the 8th warnings link on the home page somewhere and kindly make it a sticky post. thanks

Thats not true! Your friend should not be giving advice when he doesnt know what hes talking about.

I develop and use root apps on a daily basis. 90% of trhe time they are better built than any other kind of app, simply because the kind of people who understand android tend to write better code.

 

[Rascaldoc]

No, do a nandroid of your stock, rooted system and stick that nandroid on your PC.

I finally took the plunge and rooted last night. I had an option while in superuser or revolutionary to do a back up (which I did) and which I think I found in a folder named clockwork mod on my sd card and copied that to my PC. Is that the nandroid backup? If not, what is a nandroid backup.

While I am at it .... can Rom manager really do everything right from there to flash say, cyanogen? Anbd when I click "wipe " does it wipe the SD card too? Thanks in advance ......

 

[RobSagat]

Tasker - Too powerful for words. Can automate nearly anything you think of on your phone in nearly any way. Can also automate things you can't think of.

Screen Filter - Dims the screen to however low you want it. Perfect for late at night. Has a Tasker plug-in so you can set it to run at specific times

Keyboard Backlight Controller - Turns hard key backlights on or off. Can be set to run at startup. I really like it because at this point in my phone's life, I know exactly where the keys are, and for some reason do not like the backlight. Especially at night.

Combine all 3 of the above apps, and you just might be able to look at your phone in bed without it killing your eyes

 

[Melven]

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One of the most fun root programs I like to play with (yes I said play with! ) is Boot RANDImations, because you've got over 130 boot animations to choose from, you can even add your own! The beauty of this app is it randomly displays the animations that you have chosen, its real easy to add your own custom sounds or recordings in mp3 format by putting them in the same folder labeled as android_sound.mp3. Its just plain old fun to run this root app.

Do you have a link to this app? I looked in the market but did not see it.

 

[Fahrenheit]

Autostarts - check\prevent apps loading at startup, app triggers, etc.

 

[packers pro]

Do anybody wanna make money and help me out. But if you do you gotta know what you are doing building a app

 

[jerseyboy357]

If your running stock rooted GB and want to take the new upcoming .621 GB update without losing your precious .su capabilities, then this app is for you(as long as the Market says so)....

Voodoo OTA Root Keeper

https://market.android.com/details?i...b3RrZWVwZXIiXQ..

Some folks on the soak update for .621 have confirmed this works when used properly. I just can't find that certain forum at the moment. I am tired. But the rest of this post I assure is accurate lol

 

[jayman123123]

Sprint has also removed Wireless tether from the Android market.

 

[fyrfytr24]

Sprint has also removed Wireless tether from the Android market.

So the only way to get it now is to get it from apbrain?

 

[CobbFC09]

Anyone know of a good screenshot app? I tried searching for that shoot me app that was posted earlier and I can't seem to find it.

 

[tntdroid]

Anyone know of a good screenshot app? I tried searching for that shoot me app that was posted earlier and I can't seem to find it.

I used to use shootme. I can't find it now on the market. I also used Drocap2. Try that one. Or get a nexus and just hold down power and volume down

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[CobbFC09]

I used to use shootme. I can't find it now on the market. I also used Drocap2. Try that one. Or get a nexus and just hold down power and volume down

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Yeah, I checked out drocap2 and a lot were complaining about how that when it takes a picture, the "has been granted superuser permissions" notification always shows up in it. I ended up trying it out and got the same result.

Any other suggestions guys?

 

[lxcusic]

i rooted my sprint s3. can someone tell me where i can find a list of available apps. i am also interested in enabling my camera during a call

 

[GoodMoodDroid]

GMD GestureControl - iPad like gestures, just much more flexible. You can create your own gestures, execute Home, Back, etc, start any application or shortcut. Also has some unique actions like recent applications bar on the bottom, launch pad (docked to border or in center), keyboard switcher, media control, etc.

 

[Gilianp]

I found another root app that I couldn't do without. Keyboard Manager

It allows you to assign seperate keyboards for both portrait & landscape orientation of the phone. For instance, I prefer Swype when I am in portrait mode but find it hard to use in landscape which I tend to flip to if typing a longer message/e-mail. For landscape mode, I prefer Swiftkey because it is like the stock multi-touch keyboard but has much better word prediction than stock. Swiftkey is hard for me to use in portrait mode when typing a quick reply because I have larger fingers.

This app gives me the best of both worlds because I have Swype assigned for portrait & Swiftkey assigned for landscape, so anytime I am typing a quick message to my wife in portrait orientation...Swype automatically pops up, but I can turn my phone to landscape if the reply turns into a longer one & the app automatically switches my keyboard to Swiftkey all within the SMS/Gmail/Facebook app that I was typing in!