Android utility apps add more values and customization features to your android phone. They empower the user to easily configure the the phone system and apps, manage multi-tasking apps, monitor battery, change home screen, wallpaper and theme, allocate memory, manage files and folder; some even make automatic recordings of calls possible, a feature that do not come standard but a big plus. The following are some of the best tools and utility apps for android phones. Make your droid, htc hero, eris, cliq, G1 yours’ by downloading some of the apps and get more customization features.

Android Utility Apps

1.
ASTRO File Manager
ASTRO android file manager features helps manage your files and maximize you memory. With this app you can browser your files, create and extract zip files, back up and restore public applications to the SD card, create shortcuts, send files as attachments, and more. It allows you to manage files on your phone without the need for a computer. What’s convenient about Astro File Manager is the ability to select multiple files to perform actions on. Another convenient feature is the ability to search for files. The app also provides details on android apps such as package name, version, file size, and even app activities.

Astro-File-Manager

2.
Tasker
Tasker helps you take charge of your phone. Design your own home-screen widgets to do whatever you like, change the icons and wallpaper for all your applications automatically, announce when your battery is low, set brightness differently for different applications at different times, en/decrypt or zip/unzip application data on the fly, do time-lapse photography, remap media/camera buttons to do whatever you like, launch music app when the headset is plugged in, make automatic recordings of calls from chosen phone-numbers, lock particular applications in particular locations and more. You are free to do whatever you like with your phone. For more information to go tasker.dinglisch.net.

Tasker

3.
PandaHome
Customize you home screen just like you like it with PandaHome. Switch themes of different styles freely; it support installing and applying independent theme packages and APK theme packages; compatible with third-party theme packages, icon packages and font packages, so feel free to download and use online theme packages. Modify your wallpaper, drawer background, transparency and random app icon, and more. With this app, give your phone your own image.

Panda home

4.
TasKiller
The full version of TasKiller let you close your running applications in one click, switch between apps and have unlimited ignored apps in your ignore list.

TasKiller

5.
Mobile Defense
Mobile Defense is a security service that allows you to remotely protect and manage your phone via a secure website using Google Maps. It is like LoJack for your android phone. It offers a robust set of tools to safeguard your privacy and data. Remotely lock, backup, and wipe your phone from this secure website. You can also be notified of suspicious activity and fraud detection.

Mobile Defense

6.
RingDroid
Why pay when you can create your own ringtones for free? Use RingDroid to edit MP3, WAV, and AMR audio files and create ringtones, alarms, and notifications from them. Create your own ringtone by editing music tracks in your library, or record a new one directly from the phone.

Ringdroid

With these utility applications get more from your phone.