Download: HTC_IME Theme for Swype

Finally!  Someone has taken on the task of theming Swype!  Swype has always been sort of an ugly keyboard (IMO) and now you can skin that bad boy to look pretty like the HTC_IME keyboard.  Have fun! *Note 1* - This is for ROOTED USERS ONLY.  (Sorry!)  Root...

Friday Custom Theme: Bgill55’s Red Rum v4.1

We are going to try and start a new Friday tradition of leaving you with a different theme to check out heading in to the weekend.  Of course we'll have to assume that people keep pumping these beauties out right?  So to kick off this new segment, we've got...

Did you Create a Custom Boot Animation? Share it!

Remember our fabulous custom Droid Life boot animation?  Yes we're still using it to this day.  Every time I reboot I get a nice little surprise, which is awesome.  Here it is one more time for those that may have missed it... So I want to know who followed...

Download: New MMS.apk With Custom Settings

Many of you seem to always be looking for a new MMS app which will allow for more customization including different LED lights and notification settings.  Sure there are apps like Handcent out there, but what if there was a way to simply make the stock MMS app...

Wednesday Poll: Why Root your Motorola Droid?

One of the top questions I see each week has to be, "What are the pros and cons of rooting?"  It's a great question and one I probably should have attempted to answer some time ago.  I know we've been covering more and more custom ROM and rooting stuff, and it...

Video: Installing a Custom ROM Using SPRecovery

Sorry to leave everyone hanging last night after posting the video tutorial on how to flash SPRecovery to your stock 2.1 Droid, but I wanted to wait to post this video until today to catch a broader audience.  Today's video will walk you through step-by-step...

Testers Needed: Rooting 2.1 Possibility

UPDATE 6:59AM 4/15: There are 2 update.zips you can try.  People have not had much success with either, so I suggest just moving on to installing a custom ROM via SPRecovery. Late yesterday, I posted the video on how to flash the SPRecovery_ESE81.sbf in order...

Video: Flashing SPRecovery SBF to Stock 2.1

Less than a week after the DroidMod team ruffled some feathers with their announcement that a real 2.1 root exploit would likely never be found, they come through with a method that's almost as easy.  The process involves using RSD Lite and the flashing of an...