I'm a Galaxy S II owner and I thought it might be good to have a thread where the names of useful Android utility apps could be shared. I know there is already a GSII owners thread on GZ but I'm sure that thread will get clogged with high-tech rooting and flashing stuff. I'm thinking of a simpler thread.

I'll start with a couple of apps that I've found handy. Maybe these are apps that everyone already knows and loves but there's not much discussion on these things and there are probably new-to-Android people who will find this useful.


'No Lock' is an app that allows you to do away with the 'swipe to unlock' arrangement if you find pushing the Home key and then having to swipe to unlock annoying, as I do. If the phone has locked itself, just push the Home key to wake it up again.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/no-lock/org.jraf.android.nolock

'KeepScreen' is an app that allows you to specify other apps so that the display won't time out while you are using the specified app.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/keepscreen-(now-free)/com.tni.KeepScreenLite