Top forum threads: our new baby, Android 5.0, antivirus apps...

Loie Favre 2014-04-20T08:00:01Z2 hours ago

Loie Favre

Loie Favre is a Canadian-German, food-loving, live-music-craving globe-trotter. Coming from a humble background in the Canadian Prairies centred around nature and the Arts, she studied Translation and Languages in Edmonton. She left his home on the Pacific Coast of Canada, to seek her fortune in Berlin. She is now an Editor and Manager for AndroidPIT.com and is enjoying discovering about everything and anything under the sun about Android.

It was an exciting week in forumland. After months and months of hard work, AndroidPIT launched their new responsive, Holo, super clear, super cool, super amazing forum you just got to love! Away with the clutter and in with the content that matters (yours). Other than that, Android 5.0 was again a topic, as well as scam-free antivirus apps and what people look at first when buying a new smartphone.

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Welcome to our new forum (aka our baby)

This week marked the launch of our new AndroidPIT forum, that is now responsive, meaning it will fit perfectly to every screen size, no more annoying zooming, scrolling or illegible text. The forum now uses more of the browser page, meaning more space for your content in much clearer overview. The design overhaul which was built from the ground up is also clean looking and flat to match the Holo look of your other Android apps. Tell us what you think!

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What will Android 5.0 be named?

Here’s a topic that has been possessing the minds of many Androiders. What the heck will the next version of Android be called? The letter K is out of the question seeing as it was used for Android 4.4 KitKat, so no Key Lime Pie. Lime Pie just sounds dumb. So we’ve been hearing things like lollipop, lemon drop, lamingtons (??). What do you think? Add what you think to the thread.

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What’s the most important thing when buying a phone?

When considering upgrading to a new phone, what matters the most? A huge screen, many built-in apps, the price/performance ratio, it all comes down to personal taste. Our community members actually have surprisingly different things they look at first when purchasing a phone, and not all has to do with the phone itself, but the manufacturers’ attitude towards customer service. Let us know what you check out first in the forum thread.

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Best antivirus apps (that aren't scams)

Last week, the best app in the Google Play Store was a antivirus app, that turned out sadly to be a complete fake, which leads us to wonder if Google and the Play Store are actually that good at keeping at keeping the rubbish out and it turns out they are not! Thankfully, you have us. In this thread we talk about the most trusted antivirus apps your Android can have, that aren’t scams. Tell us what apps you know are safe!

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Silence Lengthy Reply All Threads with Gmail's Mute Function 2014

Silence Lengthy Reply All Threads with Gmail's Mute Function 2014

We've all been there: you get caught in an e mail thread the place everybody's replying all and though it's now not related to you, it never ends. Gmail can help you mute these conversations.

Gmail's mute button is actually an old feature—a really old feature—but it's one of those under-the-radar ones that many of us completely forgot was there. So when Slate wrote about it this week, we figured it was worth a reminder: If you get caught in one of these endless email threads, just head to More > Mute. It won't delete the emails from your inbox, but new messages won't be marked as new, which is a godsend.

You can also do this in Outlook for Windows by clicking the "Ignore" button under the Home tab of the ribbon. Want more Gmail tricks? Check out all the clever things you can do with its built-in features.

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Top 5 forum threads of the week

Loie Favre 2014-03-23T09:00:00Z5 hours ago

Loie Favre

Loie Favre is a Canadian-German, food-loving, live-music-craving globe-trotter. Coming from a humble background in the Canadian Prairies centred around nature and the Arts, she studied Translation and Languages in Edmonton. She left his home on the Pacific Coast of Canada, to seek her fortune in Berlin. She is now an Editor and Manager for AndroidPIT.com and is enjoying discovering about everything and anything under the sun about Android.

Have a problem with your phone? Ask it! Have a new app you’ve developed? Share it! Feel the need to complain about your most recent update to 4.3 Jelly Bean or 4.4.2 KitKat or any other problem with your Android device? Spew it! That is what the forum is for. Here are the top 5 forum threads of the week. Don’t miss out on the conversation.

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With the update to Android 4.4.2 KitKat, the possibility to save to the SD card has been removed, much to the frustration of Android users. In this thread, we explain how to be able to use this function again.

Are you still wondering when the KitKat update will come to your device, both tablet and smartphone? Here is a list of all the devices that are in line to receive the Android 4.4.2 update.

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Having your pictures accidentally erased (or anything from your smartphone for that matter) is a heart-wrenching feeling. In this thread, we discuss the ways that you can retrieve your erased data.

Did you buy a new Android smartphone and don’t want to part with your WhatsApp conversations (which includes pictures, voice messages, video etc sent by a contact), here is how you can transfer your data from one Android phone to another.

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Another pesky Android problem are the apps that always crash and suddenly stop working. A major pain in the derriere. If you receive the message ‘’Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped working’’, it is explained in this post how you can rectify the situation.

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