My friend just bought his first smart phone... it's a Galaxy 5S from Verizon.
Currently, I am helping him sort out some issues with it. Google on a laptop along side the phone to remove bloatware, is rather nice. However, it seems that buying a locked down phone from ATT, Sprint, Verizon, or who ever, versus an unlocked, Open Source capable S5, may have been a bad move. The ability to unlock and have Super Administration powers to shut off and delete bloat ware is very, very nice on my Galaxy S4, the S5... however... they seemed to so far have shut that option out.
With all that said, I'd like to pick the brains of RV'ers that own Android Phones, and your 5 favorite Applications that you downloaded and use.
Start a separate Apple page, if you use an iPhone, please, don't pollute or thread cr*p here with Apple Store stuff, two diverse, separate products.
Stuff, I use a lot.
1. Google Maps, and Navigation.
2. Gas Buddy, set up for diesel fuel... I need to fill up pretty much every 350 -420 miles, usually on the road, in new places, while trailering.
3.Fuelly.com To log my fuel ups. and keep a complete log, on line.
4. Torque Pro App, with an Elm 327 Bluetooth OBDII port adapater to communicate, and to keep track of all vital car temps, and voltages with gauges, as well as have access to CEL scans if the idiot light comes on, and to go on Google, and pull up what the code means, signifies, and how to fix it, and clear the code permanently. I don't want dealerships charging me $140 for a scan of codes I can do myself. So I do the scan, write it down, save it, and clear it, and if it reappears, and the dealership gives me the BS that "We can't duplicate it." I have a log on file showing that it did indeed exist.
5. I always check in with Weather Underground a day or two before going on the road to know travel conditions. I can not emphasize this enough with towing a travel trailer. Cross winds I can do with out. Quit if they pick up and travel another day. Life is too short to get flipped by a sideways gust.
