I agree, however, everytime I try to launch My Gallery with this combo, GDE+ force closes. Any ideas?
I was looking into GDE, but the current reviews are showing a lot of FC on the Droid since the last update. I will be holding off until the program gets developed.
I love my new Droid, but I was quite dejected about it's camera. I have always valued having a good quality camera built in to my phone, just to be able to take at least somewhat decent photos at all times. (My previous phone was a Sony-Ericsson c905).
Go dld the camera "Zoom FX" for your Droid for $1.99. Make sure to spend the time changing all the settings, most importantly changing to autofocus (infinity by default), and turn on simple stabilization @ 0.5 seconds. It is like buying a new camera for your droid for 2 bucks, no joke. Also make sure to dld all the free add on packages, which do amazing things, and there are a ton of them, maybe 20 or more.
It isn't as good as the c905 still, but it is a DRAMATIC improvement.
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You probably already know that the updated car finder can now be set when your cars bluetooth turns off, so it automatically sets itself when you park. Very handy, as people who forget where they park will probably forget to set their location. I should know.
You probably already know that the updated car finder can now be set when your cars bluetooth turns off, so it automatically sets itself when you park. Very handy, as people who forget where they park will probably forget to set their location. I should know.
Not sure what you mean by the "updated car finder"?
So am I right to understand there is no way of saving your downloaded ringtones for text messaging, and you can not set separate ones for all contacts? again for text messaging?
This is the reason I tore through pages upon pages of Forums x_x, I found this on another thread but thought Id answer it here for anyone looking. You can download Ringo (for a price) and it will do this for you . If you dont wanna spend any money there is an app called handcent SMS that is suppose to also allow you but there was many comments that said it was laggy and i HATE lag so I didnt even bother downloading it. I hope this helps!
I love Swype, however Android 2.1 is "speech-to-text enabled, which means you can say your text messages, emails, tweets, notes to self, whatever." (LH). If you use the Swype keyboard, you lose the speech-to-text feature. I would like to be able to switch back and forth to either, with a single click widget. Anyone know of an application or widget that will allow me to click on it from the home screen, and switch the keyboard input?
This is the reason I tore through pages upon pages of Forums x_x, I found this on another thread but thought Id answer it here for anyone looking. You can download Ringo (for a price) and it will do this for you . If you dont wanna spend any money there is an app called handcent SMS that is suppose to also allow you but there was many comments that said it was laggy and i HATE lag so I didnt even bother downloading it. I hope this helps!
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Give Handcent SMS a try. I've been running for a week and i havent noticed anything laggy.
I noticed someone complaining about voice search always going to google even in maps.
If you start your search query with the word "find"
as in "Find US Bank"
It will always result in a map search directly....not a google search.
Also, and this is pretty well known. Starting with "Navigate" will go to navigation automatically, and starting with "Call" will dial your contacts number. If you are concise you won't even have to choose the contact. Say "Call Bob Smith Mobile" and if you only know 1 bob smith with 1 cell phone it will dial with no dialogue.
In a word or 2, Swype rocks. As does Handcent SMS and I have not noticed a lag. Guess I need to dig deeper to see if it can do individual alerts for each contact. Anyone happen to know how or if it's possible?
To set individual alerts per contact in Handcent, open the app and open a thread with the contact in question. There's a "settings" button on the top right corner of that screen where you can set settings that are unique to that contact.
I use funformobile.com for all my ringtones and pics it's a great free site. I was trying to download and save ringtones and wasn't able to save them. The picks work fine but not the ring tones . Any ideas thanks
go to your marketplace, and search "mabilo ringtones". you'll see "Ringtones" by "Mabilo Android Team". It's a free app with a good selection of ringtones (latest and greatest songs) and an option to upload your own.
I dont know if anyone noticed but there is an awsome widget that came with the phone to turn on and off wi-fi, Bluetooth, GPS, sync and change brightens. No need for the third party ones, just long press on a home screen, add Widget Power Control. This phone is awesome!
had to requote this, i hated the third party apps for this. Thanks!
Also holding down on the home button for a second shows a "quick launch" menu of some sort. Not sure how to customize that.
IDK if this has been answered yet, but if it hasn't (or if it has), you can't customize this menu. it's not a quick launch, instead it is a "most recently used" launch.
Or when you turn the phone on instead of swiping to the right to unlock swipe to the left and it will goto vibrate.
Or just use the volume up and down button on the top right side. You can set the volume there and if you scroll it down it will go to Vibrate then silent. One other thing I noticed if you scroll it all the way to silent the alarm clock still goes off in the morning. Very cool as you don't have to keep the volume on and get interrupted in your slumber by a call or notification.
It looks to me like it only syncs contacts in your phone to people who have their cell number listed on facebook.
It's extra work but for the folks in Facebook that have no mobile number listed that came over to my Droid, I added them as a contact in Gmail and it syncs them up on the Droid and turns them into a Gmail contact on the Droid which means you can edit the info about them while preserving the other Facebook information (e-mail).
Now if you could download an export of your FB contacts and import that into Gmail it would save all this effort.
What I have not tested yet is if your FB contact that is now a Gmail contact and they update their info on FB if that will sync down to the Gmail contact.
For those of you who want to use your mp3 files as ringtones or notifications...I have a solution! First upload the Sharetones app. Its a great app that allows you to share, creat, and save your mp3 files to use for ringtones, notifications,and alarms. You will be able to save multiple ringtones, create your own, and save them. You won't be limited to just the one you assign through your music and you can assign them to your contacts as well.
Once you have the app, I synced my mp3s from my computer. When you run the app it will show you all of your songs and all ringtones others have already made. You also have the option of making your own from any part of the song you want! Save it and it will ask what you want to use it as; alarm, notification, ringtone... also gives you the option of assigning to a contact. Your songs will be in the list with the preinstalled sounds fof you to use at any time.
I have no affiliation with this app, I just bought a Droid n found a solution to my own problem! I haven't had any problems and it works just as it said!
I just picked up a Motorola Multimedia Station (docking station) for my Droid and the light is extremely bright. There is a brightness setting that allows you to dim the light, but it's still too light. Does anyone know a way to dim this light even more?
I just picked up a Motorola Multimedia Station (docking station) for my Droid and the light is extremely bright. There is a brightness setting that allows you to dim the light, but it's still too light. Does anyone know a way to dim this light even more?
Thanks!
You think the low setting is too bright? It's lower than any alarm clock I've ever seen.
I know it sounds crazy, but it is too bright on the low setting. It shines into the room too much. I wouldn't mind if I could even turn the light off altogether, and then have it come on when the alarm goes off in the morning.
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I just picked up a Motorola Multimedia Station (docking station) for my Droid and the light is extremely bright. There is a brightness setting that allows you to dim the light, but it's still too light. Does anyone know a way to dim this light even more?
Have you checked out Brighteriffic, available free in the Market? I downloaded it recently and have only briefly checked it out so far, but it gives you the option to set a low and a regular brightness setting (as long as you are not using the Droid's automatic brightness setting), then put a widget on your home screen allowing you to switch between the two. Not sure if the low setting is low enough, but you could check it out.
I've been using their Timeriffic to control settings at night....you can set it to turn on airplane mode at a set time and on again at a set time, etc.
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here is a link for a dock a friend made. its great if you want a dock with speakers all for a low price all you need is a dremmel tool and a soldering iron.
Just push and HOLD the spyglass face button. If you have haptic enabled it will vibrate once on first push, and then a second time after you hold for a bit.
This launches voice search directly, no need for another key.
that is awesome thank you, i never wouldve learned that on my own
Can anyone PLEASE help me to link my business email with the "Email" function on Moto Droid. My business website / email is through yahoo and accessible through normal yahoo email online. But when I try linking it to my Moto Droid using normal Yahoo email linking instructions, I get a message saying, "Bizmail is not available". PLEASE HELP. PLEASEEEE !!
[QUOTE=cadGweep;93846]You can save yourself some time and button pushes by storing your voicemail password along with the voicemail number. Then when you press the voicemail shortcut in the Phone Dialer, it will go straight through.
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I looked it up for my Droid. It's not free (or isn't any more). They want $9.99. Is there another option?
I've been using Timeriffic (free) to turn certain features off at night and then back on in the morning. Or it can be used to mute the phone and turn on vibrate during work hours, then switch back to ringtone after work hours.
I looked it up for my Droid. It's not free (or isn't any more). They want $9.99. Is there another option?
I use "Setting Profiles" (it's the one with the hammer and anvil icon). It's the best I've used and I've tried them all from Night Ringer to Quick Profiles, to Locale, and several others. Setting Profiles lets me tweek everything and you can switch by profiles like work or home (how ever you choose to name it) using the home screen widget. Or you can have it switch by time or even location. It even lets you set additional rules. So say you wanted your phone silent but wanted to let a certain person on your contact list ring through, you can set it to let them. Oh yeah, and you can backup all your settings.
There's a free version and a $2.99 version. I downloaded the free version, but as soon as I realized it was the perfect profiles app I uninstalled and and downloaded the $2.99 version. Well worth the 3 bucks in my opinion.
Now here is an oddity - with both the normal process of turning off Notifications, and with Quick Profiles, no matter what the first message (email or text) still makes sound. After that, it's silent!
Now here is an oddity - with both the normal process of turning off Notifications, and with Quick Profiles, no matter what the first message (email or text) still makes sound. After that, it's silent!
That is odd. I used Quick Profiles for a couple months (up until recently when I found the app Setting Profiles) and it never did that to me. Always worked flawless on my Droid.
Don't know if it has been coverd, but when you are texting with the virtual keyboard, hold down the :-) in the lower right, and it pops up more smilies... even better, they are little green android smilies.
Can anyone PLEASE help me to link my business email with the "Email" function on Moto Droid. My business website / email is through yahoo and accessible through normal yahoo email online. But when I try linking it to my Moto Droid using normal Yahoo email linking instructions, I get a message saying, "Bizmail is not available". PLEASE HELP. PLEASEEEE !!
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K-9 Mail via the apps market, the only one I could find that does work with bizmail. Its free and have been using for about 2 months now. It is officially my defaul client for all email except gmail. Good luck
had to requote this, i hated the third party apps for this. Thanks!
Yeah, but that widget takes up some serious real estate. I prefer the single-function, single-space one-touch widgets. Because all I care about toggling is Bluetooth and WiFi.
Here's another 2.1 speech-to-text tip: Instead of hunting-and-punching the little microphone, you can swipe the virtual keyboard from left to right to bring up the voice prompt.
For those of you who want to use your mp3 files as ringtones or notifications...I have a solution! First upload the Sharetones app. Its a great app that allows you to share, creat, and save your mp3 files to use for ringtones, notifications,and alarms. You will be able to save multiple ringtones, create your own, and save them. You won't be limited to just the one you assign through your music and you can assign them to your contacts as well.
Once you have the app, I synced my mp3s from my computer. When you run the app it will show you all of your songs and all ringtones others have already made. You also have the option of making your own from any part of the song you want! Save it and it will ask what you want to use it as; alarm, notification, ringtone... also gives you the option of assigning to a contact. Your songs will be in the list with the preinstalled sounds fof you to use at any time.
I have no affiliation with this app, I just bought a Droid n found a solution to my own problem! I haven't had any problems and it works just as it said!
Or you can go into the music player for the droid, select a song, and hit menu button and select "Use as Ringtone"
Done and doner
Not sure about Text Messages, but it works for Alarm Clock.
Alarm Clock pulls from the same list as ringtones, but Notifcations/txts, you have to play around with that. That's how I found out about the ringtones. Just messed around.
Icons on your home screen don't need to be just apps. Long press on a blank space and select "Shortcuts". I'll let you explore...
-E- Just found something else. Go into Music player, start a song, and at the "Now Playing" screen, press Q/W/E/R/T/Y/U/I/O/P. Each one skips to a specific percentage of the song. Really cool.
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I have been using the Swype keyboard on my droid and think that it is the best. You write by dragging your finger through the letters wrather than pusing each letter. You do not need to be as accurate and it is easy to do in rough situations like being a passenger in a car on a bumpy road.
I came across something that is really cool/useful here.
To go into a diagnostic-type thing in android, go into Phone and type *#*#4636#*#* (4636=info on the dialpad) and it will take you to a page called "testing." There you can screw with all kinds of settings and battery stuff. Root is not required.
If you find yourself going there quite often, you might also want to know that you can create a shortcut to testing with anycut.
I've been reading a lot of the posts and although most of them are very helpful, I haven't seen anything regarding Contacts. Is there a way to set up my contacts into groups/folders so I can easily send 10-15 friends an e-mail without scrolling through my contact list and attach them?
My Droid just died. Started recycling power over and over. Did ti 4 times during the 3-4 minutes I was online with Verizon support. Had to get it completely replaced. Hope it doesn't happen to you. Not happy.
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. If you dont wanna spend any money there is an app called handcent SMS that is suppose to also allow you but there was many comments that said it was laggy and i HATE lag so I didnt even bother downloading it. I hope this helps!
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