just wanted to take a quick minute and show motorola droid users how to get access to their stock apps without actually rooting your phone. what does that mean? it really just means that you are making your stock apps viewable in your application manager to clear defaults associated with an app or even go as far as force closing one.
those of you who have dealt with the 2.1 launcher not showing up will want to watch this…
Hey there guys! Just wanted to drop in with a quick look at BETTER KEYBOARD 5.0 for Android. With all this talk lately of rooting this and modding that I figured I would give you guys something to play with that DIDN’T involve voiding your warranty! It’s Better Keyboard 5.0 – available for the low low price of $2.99 in the Android Market.
Take a look…
we had an off-topic discussion going on at the post we ran yesterday for the city caller id app that had to do with cases for your motorola droid. we’ve covered plastic cases of all sorts in the past, but definitely got some interesting feedback from a few of the comments on that post which prompted today’s poll…
yesterday, we threw up a quick post on an android application called “city caller id” which was under attack by caller id giant, cequint. the developer was asking for donations to help in the fight to try to keep the app alive, but as of now, has decided to not pursue as the cost of such a task would be quite high. the app has been removed from the market and has basically disappeared into the abyss of crappy lawsuits by big ol’ companies. well…until our readers caught wind of the situation!
if you want city caller id you can download it here.
cheers disco monkey!
you would think that this issue had been fixed now that the motorola droid has been out for 4 months or so, but i still get questions about it almost daily. users are still struggling to mount their droid to their pc for easy file transfer and it couldn’t be more frustrating. my windows 7 machine never had an issue, but my windows xp machine still doesn’t like to recognize a good “mount” (bad joke).
if you are still struggling to mount your droid in windows xp try this out…
1. On your phone, go to Settings->Applications->Development.
2. Check the box for “USB debugging” and press “OK”.
3. Open your Windows Device Manager.
4. Connect phone via USB cable to PC.
5. Under “Disk drives” you will see an exclamation mark next to “Motorola A855 USB Device”.
6. Right click on that drive and click “Uninstall” and then click “OK”.
7. On your phone pull down your notification bar and select “USB connected”.
8. “Mount” your phone.
9. Back to your PC – Right click on “Disk drives” and “Scan for hardware changes”.
10. Your phone should now be mounted.
you can also try the usb drivers posted at the motorola site which appear to work for some people permanently and others only momentarily.
welcome to our latest twitter-based contest where your entry to win fabulous prizes is only a simple retweet away. (that totally sounded pitch-worthy.) with our last contest coming off as a complete success, we thought we’d continue on with this process only this time by really upping the ante! so what can you win this time around?
a brand new motorola droid multimedia docking station!
remember that this fun accessory has a special dock app which features the gallery, music app, alarms and weather. it should also be pointed out at that the 2.1 nexus one clock app makes it even more amazing while including a few extra features. such a fun toy and has completely replaced my alarm clock.
if you missed our unboxing, here you go again…
1. follow us on twitter.
2. tweet the following message:
I just entered to win a #Motorola #Droid multimedia docking station by visiting @Droid_Life and retweeting! – http://bit.ly/9cPODA
3. feel free to subscribe to our feed for exclusive contest notifications.
4. and don’t forget that we have a facebook page!
winner announced…
thanks again to all our fabulous readers who continue to make things like this possible!
and don’t forget to check out the DroidForums.net for any support needs you may have. they are easily the biggest droid community on the planet.
an interesting article popped up on apple insider yesterday which had the iphone’s lcd screen trumping the oled of the nexus one. the article went into a ton of detail and even included some neat little pictures of the results which sound fairly legit. while the test was put together by the president of a company called DisplayMate who tossed out a nice little note on the droid, the article publishers it seems, tried to sweep it under the rug…
As for the current standard-bearer in mobile phone displays, Soneira said he would guess that title goes to the Motorola Droid. While he hasn’t done any thorough tests, he said in his educated opinion Motorola’s Android-powered handset, which has a 3.7-inch screen, is the leader.
yay again for the motorola droid! will this phone ever stop receiving high praise?
From Android Life
