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  1. Comment on My dad had a stroke; looking for free Android games to help him pass time and recover in ~games

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    for a bit of a different genre suggestion, DATA WING is far and away the best arcade racer game. It has a really great story, cool visuals, and great music (at least in my opinion). And it is free...

    for a bit of a different genre suggestion, DATA WING is far and away the best arcade racer game. It has a really great story, cool visuals, and great music (at least in my opinion). And it is free without adds nor in app purchases, which is nice.

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  2. Comment on What are some must-dos when you are setting up a new Android Phone? in ~tech

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    Having just done this yesterday, I'll just relay what my workflow is like. It really does depend on what you value, but for me the number one priority is downloading all my essential apps: -K-9...

    Having just done this yesterday, I'll just relay what my workflow is like. It really does depend on what you value, but for me the number one priority is downloading all my essential apps:

    -K-9 Mail is my preferred (free) email client which combines email from multiple accounts across Google and Yahoo.
    -I watch a lot of YouTube so I get Youtube Vanced for the premium benefits without the subscription
    -I also listen to a lot of music and my preferred client is Rocket Player, so I download that and get it ready
    -Otherwise, just get all your other apps you use regularly, PayPal, Reddit, Grindr obviously, etc.

    Then I go and download Nova Launcher because I like consistency between my phones, and get that all set up how I like. Basically just set up a launcher of your choice if you don't like the default launcher, which I tend not to because of the forced inclusion of search bars etc on the home screen.

    Then I go through settings, each submenu at a time and twiddle with things. This will vary between people, but I think it's a good idea; apparently most people never touch the settings in their phones and just leave the default. Go through and check if you like everything.
    A good tip I learned recently is to turn "animator duration scale" to 0.5 in the developer settings to make your phone feel snappier; it also seems to reduce lag slightly.

    After that I go ahead and bring over all my media; photos, music, etc, anything that isn't on the cloud. Then I spend an hour going through and (trying) to log into all the accounts on all the associated apps I've just downloaded, with lots of password resets which K9 mail helps with.
    But yeah, I dunno. I just try to get my phone to where my last one was before I switched, really

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