Attempting Android setup perfection - I ask your suggestions for improvement

Aardvarks · 2016-08-10T16:33:46+00:00

I am attempting Android setup perfection - therefore I ask for your suggestions for improvement... As an experiment, today I reset my ancient S3 not-rooted Android phone to factory defaults, and reinstalled all the previously existing apps from the flash card (all without Google Play, the cloud, or a computer). Here is a screenshot of the near-perfect desktop: Most apps seem to work just fine without a Google Play account: I ask for improvement suggestions in the following three areas: - Either improvement in organization - Or improvement in missing apps - Or further improvement in eliminating Google altogether In a nutshell, here is what I did: 1. I reset the phone to factory defaults. 2. I installed the old apps from APKs on the sdcard. 3. Almost all the apps work just fine without a Google Play account! The AppDrawer contains these 112 apps (some are T-Mobile required): 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The single desktop is set up with three goals in mind: A. Pyramid shape, most used apps on top, left to right. B. Apps never more than 1 or 2 taps away (most used are 1 tap) C. Folders organized with most used apps left to right. Note 1: Unused or rarely used apps remain in the app drawer. Note 2: App icons can (and should) be in multiple logical places. Note 3: The "Google" folder exists to test for spyware logins. I'm constantly improving with the goal of the perfectly organized Android mobile device, so that's why I outline the setup for you to help me improve with your comments. Here is the organizational tree as of this moment. The top of the pyramid is the phone app (it is a phone after all!) while the bottom dock is useless in a single desktop setup - it's just the bottom row of the desktop pyramid: - phone (top of pyramid) - recorder (bottom of pyramid) - sms (bottom of pyramid) - camera (bottom of pyramid) The folders (in pyramid location) are: a. *todo* b. *communicate* c. *image* d. *audio* e. *video* f. *browser* g. *roadmap* h. *outdoor map* i....

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Chuck 10 years ago

A few years ago an app. to access another computer using TS gateway wasn't available for free on Android.

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