Making “2.1 Only” Apps Viewable on Android 2.0.1

One of the many frustrations that Motorola Droid users running Android 2.0.1 have experienced lately has been from the release of applications in the market which are "2.1 only" apps.  You might remember when Google Earth was released?  (Luckily we had you...

Returning to Stock 2.0.1 from CyanogenMod

Normally I would make a video on how to do this, but I'm not through with CyanogenMod on my phone yet.  I'm still incredibly impressed with it and actually don't plan on removing it until the official Android 2.1 update rolls out.  And to tell you the truth,...

Video: Installing CyanogenMod V5.0.4.2 for Droid

We've been covering various custom ROM's over the last few weeks and stumbled onto another one last night which left us so impressed that a video tutorial on how to install it was needed immediately.  For those of you not familiar with Cyanogen, go ahead a do...

Friday Android 2.1 ESE53 Custom ROM-day

After the releases of Android 2.1 ERE25 and ERE53 there have been a boatload of custom ROM's flying around the developer world.  In fact, most of these guys almost seem to be competing to see who can release the next, most polished version.  They have also all...

Telus Motorola Milestone has Been Rooted

According to a thread over at Alldroid, the Motorola Milestone on Telus has finally been rooted.  Yay Canada!  The process laid out in that post is definitely not something simple and includes using RSD Lite and flashing the Brazilian 2.0.1 file onto your...

Video: Using Metamorph to Install a Custom Theme

After running through our series on rooting your Motorola Droid with DroidMod 1.0 (parts 1, 2, 3) and then taking you through the custom ROM installation process with Ultimate Droid 5.0, we continued to receive requests on how to use Metamorph.  And well, we...

video: android 2.1 update 1 file released

last night, i was having a little too much fun with my favorite toy (my droid people, head out of the gutter) and took a wrong turn which essentially means i had to go forward with a major factory reset.  while the file is out there which could have...