Friday, 14 December 2012

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This Week in the Life of DROID: 12/14/2012

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 06:25 PM PST

It’s been a long week here, but that’s what we like. We were able to get through Episode 9 of the Droid Life Show, got our hands on the native Facebook app, and Verizon Galaxy S3 owners are basking in the goodness of Jelly Bean. What more could you ask for? If you missed any of this week’s highlights, we have them below.


Have a good weekend, everybody!
Image credit to WcM3!

Samsung Wishes You “Happy Holidays” With the Galaxy Note 2 and Kirigami

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 06:25 PM PST

Clever Galaxy Note 2*holiday spot from Samsung.

Rovio Hosting Winter Sale on All HD Game Titles For Android, iOS, and PC

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 06:25 PM PST

For a limited time, Rovio is hosting a special deal on their HD titles through Google Play, iTunes, PC, and the Amazon Appstore. From what I saw on Google Play, all four of the HD games*listed*below are only $1, which is pretty killer. Only a buck for HD Angry Birds Star Wars? Yes, please!
Via: Rovio
Cheers EvanTheGamer!

Official Cheezburger App Hits Teh Google Play, Go Get Your Lolz On

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 06:25 PM PST

If you find yourself on the Interwebz for more than 5 minutes a day, you have probably encountered a few memes and GIFs from time to time. The Cheezburger Network is a fantastic place to find a concentrated amount of these images. For the most part, they’re all pretty funny and usually lead to some “lolz.”
There are a ton of categories to choose from, so there’s something that should fit everyone’s different sense of humor. The app seems to be put together quite nicely, which I’ve found to be rather surprising. It’s free and I haven’t even seen any ads. Score.
Play Link

Droid Life Q&A Sessions: Volume 8 Answers

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 06:25 PM PST

On Monday, we asked you all to send in questions for Volume 8 of the Droid Life Q&A Sessions. As always, we received some fantastic questions and even went over a few on this week’s Droid Life Show. If you’re ready to see what we had to say about our thoughts for the upcoming year, where to buy a Verizon phone off contract, and when you can expect to be kicked off of your grandfathered data plan, read on.*
Reminder: K is Kellex, T is Tim, R is Ron, and E is Eric.
Where is the best place to buy a phone on Verizon off contract? And why would you choose that retailer?

K: *Not sure there is a better place than Verizon. They tend to have the best full retail prices. Best Buy and other retailers jack up their full retail prices because they only make money off of contracts. I have heard that some are able to get Best Buy to match Verizon’s prices, but haven’t tried it myself. Otherwise, try eBay.
R: *I’ve purchased off contract phones from Craigslist and eBay. Just keep an eye out for a good deal, make sure they have pictures, and you should be good.
T: *I have bought a device off of Swappa before. Was a decently pleasant experience. When the device did not meet my expectations, their staff was very good about making sure I received my money back and everyone was happy.
Why has it been so hard to find official accessories for my “official” Google Android products?

R: *Probably because they haven’t been wild successes in the market so it hasn’t made a lot of sense for Google to pump out a ton of accessories.
K: *I sort of complained about this earlier this morning, but the short answer is, we don’t know. For whatever reason, Google and the companies they partner with to make accessories, never work well together. It took months before we got anything for the Galaxy Nexus, and now it has been months without anything for the Nexus 7. The Nexus 4 is supposed to have a really cool wireless charging ball, but again, we have no idea when or if it’ll ever be available.
When do you guys think Verizon will kick the remaining ” grandfathered in” people off unlimited?

R: *Probably next year some time. They may never need to since the cost of getting a phone off contract isn’t going down any time soon.
T: *Hard to say. My bets would be sometime later next year or early 2014 maybe. It could be that they would wait to launch some type of new network that would entitle them to justify kicking grandfathered users off of unlimited 3G/4G data. Again, it’s hard to know what Verizon has going on.
K: *It’ll be tough for them to kick people off who refuse to sign a new contract. I’d assume in two years, when the last 2-year contracts were signed, they’ll have something in place. Just remember, that when that happens, you can always go elsewhere. And hopefully by then, we’ll have other carriers with 4G LTE networks on Verizon’s level.
What are you looking forward to in 2013?

T: *I’m looking forward to a new lineup of devices. I’ve been pretty impressed with 2012′s offerings and I’m excited to see what 2013 has in store. Better displays, bigger batteries, fast processors. On top of that, new Android OS! 5.0, baby!
K: *New Google Now features, if Google will realize that they need to do something with mobile gaming, what Motorola plans to do to make a comeback, and if HTC can survive and stop their landslide. Samsung will probably own the world still, but when smaller companies are down, they tend to scrap to try to get back in play. It could get dirty, but it’ll be fun.
R: *I’m hoping we’ll see some innovation in battery technology across the board (not just from Motorola) and some innovation with cameras in phones.
As the year ends and 2013 begins, how would you feel if Verizon quietly dropped DROID branding anything at some point in 2013?

R: *I would feel fine about it. It might be a good idea to give it a rest. It’s lost a lot of its meaning over the years. Maybe it would be good to stop for a while and bring it back with a real halo device.
K: *The DROID brand isn’t as powerful as it once was. Look at the Galaxy S3, it’s not a DROID and it’s the hottest smartphone in the world. If the DROID brand dies, and I doubt that it will, the Android world will continue to thrive.


Which Android OEM are you most excited about for 2013?

R: *I’m hoping Motorola brings some Google-flavored designs out and I’m hoping HTC gets their act together.
K: *We sort of answered this on the DL Show the other night, but most of us are excited to see what the new Google-powered Motorola can come up with. New designs, hopefully no more kevlar, and the most open Android phones available is what I’m hoping we get. Samsung is always interesting as well, since they are the big dog on top of the smartphone world. A lot of people said the Galaxy S3 was overrated, but it’s been a massive success.
T: *I’m looking forward to the “new Motorola.” I hope to see more Google-inspired designs coming through in 2013!
What kind of devices are your family members using?

R: *My brother has a Nexus S 4G, my parents use Trackphones, and my wife has an iPhone. They’re all very different people with different needs.
T: *My family has a good mix. There are some iPhones, Galaxy S3, DROID X, Nexus 4, and even some flip phones still!
K: *Most have Android phones…actually I think they all do. Couple of Galaxy S3s, original RAZR, Incredible 2, and Thunderbolt.
If you were in-charge of Google+ what would you guys to do try and make it more popular?

R: *Right now Google+ is still a Facebook clone. What it needs is a niche feature to make it stand out. Hangouts are cool, but maybe releasing a photoshere app for iOS and Android (for those without 4.2) and holding a contest would help. At the end of the day people don’t want another social network unless it gives them something they didn’t have before or it is centered around one idea. Twitter does text, Facebook does everything, Instagram does photos, etc. Google+ doesn’t do anything that stands out. You need that when you’re a late comer.
T: *To me it isn’t about popularity. In fact, I can’t quite tell if that’s what Google is going for either. By weaving their services (Android devices, YouTube, Google Play, etc.) together through Google+, they’re uniting Google users on this service. Will it ever be the next Facebook or whatever? I don’t think so, but then, I don’t want it to be.
K: *I’m terrible with social networks and am the worst person on Earth to ask. You can find me on Instagram though!

Android Games • iBomber Defense Pacific v1.0.2

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 03:38 PM PST

iBomber Defense Pacific v1.0.2
Requirements: 2.2+
Overview: Get ready to take the battle to the enemy and win the war!



iBomber Defense Pacific is the latest game in the hugely successful iBomber series. Moveout to the Pacific as you fight a whole new enemy in an effort to secure territory on the Pacific Rim.

GENRE PERFECTION
iBomber Defense Pacific takes tower defense to a whole new level. Feel like you're right there and part of the incredible action as you use the new deep strategy options to protect your base. Building on the success of its predecessors, iBomber Defense Pacific has all-new tactics, all-new strategies, all-new maps, all-new weapons, and all-new enemies.

MUCH IS AT STAKE
With so much to play for in iBomber Defense Pacific, you'll never be bored. Whether it's placing turrets, analysing the enemy attack options, perfecting your strategy, looking for hidden targets, bombing the enemy from above, repairing units, or destroying an enemy outpost you'll always have something to do.

IF LOOKS COULD KILL
Tower defense has never looked so good. Luscious jungle greens, incredible water effects, jaw-dropping explosions, intricately designed vehicles and turrets come together to make on of the best looking strategy games in years. Get some earphones on and become immersed in the battle with amazing warzone sound effects.

What's in this version: (Updated : Dec 12, 2012)
Fixed a bug which could prevent the app from launching if there was no data connection available

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Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...droid.rowgplay
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BSPlayer v1.6.146 [All Devices]

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 02:24 PM PST

BSPlayer v1.6.146 [All Devices]

Requirements: Android 2.1+
Overview: This is the full, ad-free version of BSPlayer with additional functionality.









BSPlayer is the best media player for Android smartphones and tablet PCs), supporting hardware accelerated video decoding.

Main features:
- No advertisements
- Audio pre-amplification
- Hardware accelerated video playback - significantly increases playback speed and reduces battery consumption*
- Support for almost all media files (video and audio player), such as: avi, divx, flv, mkv, mov, mpg, mts, mp4, m4v, rmvb, wmv, 3gp, mp3... and streaming content such as RTMP, RTSP, MMS (tcp, http), HTTP Live stream, HTTP.
- aspect-ratio adjustements and zoom
- Multiple audio streams and subtitles.
- supports gestures for Seek, Jump, Brightness and Volume control
- Playlist support and various playback modes.
- support for audio headsets
- External and embedded subtitles ssa/ass, srt, sub...
- Automatic subtitle search (mobile or wi-fi connection must be enabled to work)
- Playback media files such as videos and mp3's directly via Wi-Fi from your LAN shared drives/folders (such as external USB drives, SMB shares, PC shared folders, NAS servers (Synology and others)) - no need to convert video files and copy media files to SD card anymore!
- Playback files directly from uncompressed RAR files and much more!

This package includes support for ARMv7 with VFP and NEON. For other CPU types please download appropriate package. Application will notify you which package you need.

NOTE: When reporting error please add info about your smartphone brand and model. Also you can send us more detailed bug report on e-mail android@bsplayer.com. We are trying to improve the player for the users and your feedback is appreciated.

This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1 and its source can be downloaded from BSPlayer website.

Dedicated forum for can be found here http://forum.bsplayer.com/bsplayer-android/ .

*Hardware acceleration support depends on device video decoder capability. Hardware accelerated playback in portrait mode may be corrupted on some HTC models (hardware issue). Also on some devices (Samsung galaxy S2) zoom/stretch may not work on all videos.

What's in this version:
- display of meta tags in audio files
- better support for HLS m3u8 files
- VobSub/PGS subtitles are now scaled
- better support for more than one SD card/storage
- fixed seeking issues in files larger than 4GB
- added/updated translations for: French, Czech, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Dutch, Slovenian, Turkish, Ukrainian languages
- some other bug fixes and improvements

Release info:
Please remove previous version and CPU support package before installation.

This app has no advertisements

More Info:




https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...spandroid.full









Download Instructions:
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Android Applications • Weather Live v1.0

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 02:24 PM PST

Weather Live v1.0
Requirements: 2.3.3+
Overview: Turn your device into a beautiful weather station!





Introducing Weather Live. The most beautiful weather app. Ever.

Don't let bad weather take you by surprise! Whether it is cloudy, rainy, snowy or even stormy outside, Weather Live will provide you with current weather conditions and forecast in your city and multiple locations all around the world.

Cold or warm weather, it will magically come alive on the crisp screen of your device. You won't even have to look out the window as Weather Live will make you feel like you are already outside! With an innovative technology Weather Live implemented into the app, we made it possible!

• Weather forecasts for multiple locations all around the world
• Live weather scenes reflecting real-time weather conditions
• Local time in 12 or 24-hour format
• Customizable layout: all weather details, short-term forecast, long-term forecast, current state only, text only
• 7-day and 24-hour weather forecast
• "Feels Like" temperature. Today's Min and Max
• Wind direction and speed. Visibility details
• Humidity and precipitation information. Pressure in inches, mm or mbar
• Fahrenheit or Celsius and Miles or Kilometers
• Easy navigation between cities: swipe either to the left or to the right to switch between locations

Get Weather Live and be prepared for any weather!

This app has NO advertisements

More Info:
Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...on.weatherlive
Download Instructions:

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Android Applications • BSPlayer v1.6.146 [All Devices]

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 02:24 PM PST

BSPlayer v1.6.146 [All Devices]
Requirements: Android 2.1+
Overview: This is the full, ad-free version of BSPlayer with additional functionality.


BSPlayer is the best media player for Android smartphones and tablet PCs), supporting hardware accelerated video decoding.

Main features:
- No advertisements
- Audio pre-amplification
- Hardware accelerated video playback - significantly increases playback speed and reduces battery consumption*
- Support for almost all media files (video and audio player), such as: avi, divx, flv, mkv, mov, mpg, mts, mp4, m4v, rmvb, wmv, 3gp, mp3... and streaming content such as RTMP, RTSP, MMS (tcp, http), HTTP Live stream, HTTP.
- aspect-ratio adjustements and zoom
- Multiple audio streams and subtitles.
- supports gestures for Seek, Jump, Brightness and Volume control
- Playlist support and various playback modes.
- support for audio headsets
- External and embedded subtitles ssa/ass, srt, sub...
- Automatic subtitle search (mobile or wi-fi connection must be enabled to work)
- Playback media files such as videos and mp3's directly via Wi-Fi from your LAN shared drives/folders (such as external USB drives, SMB shares, PC shared folders, NAS servers (Synology and others)) - no need to convert video files and copy media files to SD card anymore!
- Playback files directly from uncompressed RAR files and much more!

This package includes support for ARMv7 with VFP and NEON. For other CPU types please download appropriate package. Application will notify you which package you need.

NOTE: When reporting error please add info about your smartphone brand and model. Also you can send us more detailed bug report on e-mail android@bsplayer.com. We are trying to improve the player for the users and your feedback is appreciated.

This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1 and its source can be downloaded from BSPlayer website.

Dedicated forum for can be found here http://forum.bsplayer.com/bsplayer-android/ .

*Hardware acceleration support depends on device video decoder capability. Hardware accelerated playback in portrait mode may be corrupted on some HTC models (hardware issue). Also on some devices (Samsung galaxy S2) zoom/stretch may not work on all videos.

What's in this version:
- display of meta tags in audio files
- better support for HLS m3u8 files
- VobSub/PGS subtitles are now scaled
- better support for more than one SD card/storage
- fixed seeking issues in files larger than 4GB
- added/updated translations for: French, Czech, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Dutch, Slovenian, Turkish, Ukrainian languages
- some other bug fixes and improvements

Release info:
Please remove previous version and CPU support package before installation.

This app has no advertisements

More Info:
Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...spandroid.full
Download Instructions:

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Last Message 1.0

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:19 PM PST

How many times did you have to tell someone that the phone battery was running low and that probably would not have been able to receive calls or read sms ?

Last Message does this for you automatically !

The app is very simple to set up:
- Choose contacts you want to alert. You can choose to send them a text message, an email, a Facebook message or a Tweet
- Choose the minimum level of battery charge after which Last Message alert your contacts.

...and that's all !


If you want you can also set hours and days of the week in which Last Message is active (eg, from 8 to 18, Monday to Friday)
There are also statistics on the state of "health" of the battery and many other interesting stuff !

You can download Last Message here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...RtZXNzYWdlIl0.

Launcher8 v1.2

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:19 PM PST

Launcher8 v1.2
Requirements: Android 2.2 and up
Overview: Windows Phone 8 style Launcher for your Android Phone
Bored of Android's User Interface? Do you like the new Windows Phone 8 start screen? If you do, then wait no more!



Launcher8 is a great app for you to experience the brand new style UI by an Android mobile phone.You can design your own favourite layout and show off to your friends!
If you have any questions, please feedback us! You can submit your advice or visit our BBS-http://bbs.ansall.cn.
features:
- You can add different size tiles;
- You can add a variety of color tile;
- You can save and restore the theme;
- You can edit the start screen layout;
- You can set the current background style;
- You can switch the application list style
- You can add Android widgets in the tiles;
- You can set the lock screen style;
- You can select more than one hundred kinds of theme colors;
- You can add special features tiles,like time ,pictures and contact photo.

What's in this version:
V1.2.0update log:
Add:
- Can be added to folder tiles;
- Can set the transparency of the tiles;
- Can be set tile's title text layout;
- The size of the tile can be adjusted;
Optimization:
- Optimize the fluency of launcher;
- Optimize memory, reducing memory usage;
- Optimize the launcher settings page;
- Optimize the tiles settings page;
- Small range optimized launcher power consumption;
Fix:
- Fix double-click the tile show edit mode;
- Fix lock screen wallpaper becomes the default picture or black;
- Fix twice change the theme color and then backup theme, when you restore it be error;
- Fix tiles dissatisfaction the screen when you click on it be error;
Reminder:
1 shows the live contact needs to read the contact data access permission;
2 add a shortcut when direct dial call authority need the android.permission.CALL_PHONE ;
3 add send SMS shortcut operation message need permission.

This app has NO advertisements

More Info:




https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...m.lx.launcher8








Download Instructions:
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Mirror:
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Android Applications • MX Player Pro v1.7.10

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:19 PM PST

MX Player Pro v1.7.10
Requirements: Android version 2.1 and up
Overview: THIS IS THE AD-FREE VERSION OF MX PLAYER. MX Player - The best way to enjoy your movies.






a) MULTI-CORE DECODING - MX Video Player is the first Android video player that performs multi-core decoding. According to the test results on dual-core devices, it shows up to 70% performance improvement than single-core devices.

b) CPU OPTIMIZATION - Provides highly optimized Codecs and Rendering Engines for the processors including ARM® NEON™ and NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2.

c) PINCH ZOOM - Easily zoom in and out by pinching and swiping across screen.

d) SUBTITLE SCROLL - Scroll on subtitle text and playback position will be adjusted to match previous or next subtitle timing.

e) BETTER SUBTITLE READABILITY - Increased subtitle readability with thicker border and shadow around text.

f) ANDROID 4.1 - Fully supports Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.




- DVD, DVB, SSA/ASS Subtitle Tracks.
- Sub Station Alpha(.ssa/.ass) with full styling.
- SAMI(.smi/.sami) with ruby tag support.
- SubRip(.srt)
- MicroDVD(.sub/.txt)
- SubViewer2.0(.sub)
- MPL2(.mpl/.txt)
- PowerDivX(.psb/.txt)
- TMPlayer(.txt)

******
Sometimes license checking could fail on the first run.
It typically happens when current time or time zone settings are incorrect, or Internet connection is unavailable. Please check the time setting and Internet connectivity.
******
If you can't buy from Android Market, please check our home page. We support more payment methods. (https://sites.google.com/site/mxvpen/buy)
******
About "modify battery statistics" permission: MX Video Player displays current battery state while playing video. To do this permission to read battery state is required. However Android does not distinguish between reading battery state permission and writing battery permission. This is why, despite battery state is only being read, permission to write battery state is required.
******
About "System Tools - display system-level alerts" permission: This permissions is required to block HOME key when input blocking is activated on video playback screen.
******
KRW 6,000 is about USD $5-$6.
******

What's in this version:
(1.7.10)
Fixed not automatically advancing to next video/audio when screen is locked.
Fixed broken Tegra3 s/w video playback.
Fixed broken MIPS s/w audio playback.

This app has NO advertisements

Note:
Please remove all previous version and codec at first!!!

More Info:
Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ideoplayer.pro
Download Instructions: Install and run!
MX Player Pro 1.7.10 (NEON)

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MX Player Pro 1.7.10

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ARMv7+NEON Codec 1.7.10
Codec for ARMv7+NEON type CPU.

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ARMv7 (Tegra2) Codec 1.7.9
Codec for ARMv7 type CPU, mostly useful for NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2.
For devices including Motolora Atrix, Galaxy Tab 10.1, LG Optimus 2X, Motorola XOOM, ASUS Transformer TF101, Acer Iconia Tab A500, etc.

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ARMv6+VFP Codec 1.7.9

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* Make a backup of your current version's data/setting (if necessary)
** Restore your backup data/setting (if necessary)Statistics: Posted by BogdanSNB — Sat Dec 15, 2012 12:06 am

Android Applications • Launcher8 v1.2

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:19 PM PST

Launcher8 v1.2
Requirements: Android 2.2 and up
Overview: Windows Phone 8 style Launcher for your Android Phone
Bored of Android's User Interface? Do you like the new Windows Phone 8 start screen? If you do, then wait no more!


Launcher8 is a great app for you to experience the brand new style UI by an Android mobile phone.You can design your own favourite layout and show off to your friends!
If you have any questions, please feedback us! You can submit your advice or visit our BBS-http://bbs.ansall.cn.
features:
- You can add different size tiles;
- You can add a variety of color tile;
- You can save and restore the theme;
- You can edit the start screen layout;
- You can set the current background style;
- You can switch the application list style
- You can add Android widgets in the tiles;
- You can set the lock screen style;
- You can select more than one hundred kinds of theme colors;
- You can add special features tiles,like time ,pictures and contact photo.

What's in this version:
V1.2.0update log:
Add:
- Can be added to folder tiles;
- Can set the transparency of the tiles;
- Can be set tile's title text layout;
- The size of the tile can be adjusted;
Optimization:
- Optimize the fluency of launcher;
- Optimize memory, reducing memory usage;
- Optimize the launcher settings page;
- Optimize the tiles settings page;
- Small range optimized launcher power consumption

Android Applications • MiHome Launcher v1.12.0

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:19 PM PST

MiHome Launcher v1.12.0
Requirements: Android 2.3+
Overview: MiHome Launcher ( a.k.a.

Android Applications • Action Launcher Pro v1.0.3

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 01:19 PM PST

Action Launcher Pro v1.0.3
Requirements: Android 4.0+
Overview: Getting you where you need to go, faster.


Action Launcher re-imagines the concept of an Android launcher. Put simply, Action Launcher is designed to get you where you need to go, faster.
It looks and feels like a natural launching pad for the Android ecosystem.

Standout features include:
* Sliding app drawer for instant access to all your apps
* 'Covers', a powerful new way to quickly launch apps and shortcuts without compromising the look of your carefully crafted homescreen.
* Action bar present on the home screen
* Highly organized customization options
* Strong Play Store integration

Action Launcher automatically imports your existing launcher layout, so you'll instantly feel right at home.

What's in this version: (Updated : Dec 13, 2012)
Many stability fixes
Fixed issue preventing certain widgets from being placed
Minor optimizations

*Before install remove version v1.0.0 PRO Key and v0.9.6 app

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More Info:
Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...onlauncher.pro
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