Ask me anything about the Motorola DROID MAXX!

[doogald]

Is there any way to change the default camera app so that when I twist the phone twice a its not the stock camera app that opens?

No. The gesture will open the stock camera only.

 

[goclairego]

I have absolutely no idea. I have never seen anything like that from the widget. You may want to go back to that store and have the guy show you what he was doing - because I'd like to know if there is something I am missing!

As far as notifications on the Droid Maxx go, these are the way that I know of to see any unread notifications:

- active notifications. When the display is off, the phone will pulse occasionally with a white circle in the center of the display, with an icon showing the last app that has an unread notification. (If there are no notifications, there will merely be the icon of a lock in that circle.) If you press on the circle, two circles will show: that last app notification at the top center of the display, showing the name of that app, and, by default, some text from the notification. If you drag up to that circle, the phone will power on and show that app. If not, at the bottom will be a list of other unread notifications, as well as a lock icon, from where you can power the screen on to your last seen home screen or app that was showing when the phone powered down. This has nothing to do with the Droid Command Center widget, though.

- notification shade. With the display powered on, you can drag the notification shade down from the top of the screen. This will show you unread notifications from any apps that are set up to show them. Again, the Droid Command Center widget doesn't have anything to do with this.

Thanks for the info! I was about to go crazy looking for the feature.
Maybe I misread all of the buzz about the app. But, I swear they said the Droid Command Center displays notifications for text messages and phone calls.

"It starts with DROID Command Center, an exclusive homescreen widget for users to easily access notifications for text messages, missed calls, battery level and weather."


DROID ULTRA - DROID MAXX

 

[LizMac]

There are third party apps that can do this, but the stock "People" app does not. This is either a bug or some fallout from an issue that Google had with Facebook about a year ago, when Facebook was asking users to enter Google authentication info to get friends from your Google contacts but would not expose the same functionality to Google for the reverse.

I use an app on my Mac called Cobook that does this for me. I've read about two Play Store apps that can do this on the phone: Ubersync and Sync.Me.

Don't bother with Sync.me, imo, Ubersync worked well.

 

[Digital Controller]

Thanks for the info! I was about to go crazy looking for the feature.
Maybe I misread all of the buzz about the app. But, I swear they said the Droid Command Center displays notifications for text messages and phone calls.

"It starts with DROID Command Center, an exclusive homescreen widget for users to easily access notifications for text messages, missed calls, battery level and weather."


DROID ULTRA - DROID MAXX

As far as I can tell if you look at the link I posted above there is nothing regarding texts or missed call notifications. Sorry

 

[doogald]

Maybe I misread all of the buzz about the app. But, I swear they said the Droid Command Center displays notifications for text messages and phone calls.

"It starts with DROID Command Center, an exclusive homescreen widget for users to easily access notifications for text messages, missed calls, battery level and weather."


DROID ULTRA - DROID MAXX

I never saw that page before. I just tested the widget by sending myself a text. I didn't see any way to access that notification from the widget. That's either a typo, wrong info, or perhaps it was functionality that we removed from the widget when the phone was released.

But - if you figure this out, reply and let us know; I'd love to see what I missed!

 

[sybyl]

Droid Command Center and blue tooth incompatibility issue. Three trips to the car dealership and a second Droid Maxx--blue tooth issues were "fixed" by disabling the Droid Command Center widget. The Command Center kept turning blue tooth off in my car.

 

[mishotgun]

What is the best miracast adapter for the Maxx?

 

[NewArtDroid]

Is there a micro HDMI cable like was on Droid Bionic?

 

[Thom]

The ONLY external connection is a USB port. There is no HDMI.

... Thom

 

[NewArtDroid]

Do you know why they stopped putting HDMI ports? Bionic has it, I don't know about RAZR.

 

[LizMac]

Do you know why they stopped putting HDMI ports? Bionic has it, I don't know about RAZR.

My razr had one but I might have used it once, maybe. They expect everyone to be wi-fi at this point and it's a way to save money I'm sure.

 

[Thom]

Alternate technologies.

There is also no SD-ext card. For $15 you can get a card reader (read wrote) that plugs into the USB port and access an SD-ext card.

I think they are reducing the number of case openings and making it more water-friendly.

... Thom

 

[doogald]

We can all speculate for reasons. The old phones that had hdmi ports were TI OMAP phones; the new droids are snapdragons. Google now owns Motorola, and Google tends to be data driven. I suspect that they measured the number of people who cared about hdmi out and found that there just not enough people who care to make the device more popular and profitable to be worth the effort. Recently it seems that wireless technologies are winning out over wired, and that just makes more sense with mobile anyway.

That's my guess. The old Motorola was doing so poorly that they had to sell the company. I wouldn't expect the Google managers of the new Motorola to continue forward with any but the most successful parts of the Motorola legacy.

 

[jaysacks]

As per my official DROID MAXX review on Phandroid.com, anyone curious about anything in regards to the DROID MAXX can ask here, and their question shall be answered. Don't be shy!

I have made some administrative changes that have blocked my ability to select "none" as a lockscreen option. I was playing around with setting up a hot spot and did something. Have undone all that and checked vpn for changes, but cannot find what I have done.
Would really just like to be able to select none or swipe screen as an unlock option again.
Don't want to factory reset if possible.
Oh...and it is my wife's Droid Maxx!

Update.
Chose the nuclear option and did a factory reset.
I think the culprit was foxfi. It appears that it had required a lockscreen and I must have fatfingered something. Be careful.

 

[mrdrh99]

If you miss the HDMI (I never used it on my bionic or RAZR HD) Google chromecast is a nice alternative. We use it all the time! I know the picture quality isn't as good but it isn't bad either

 

[berniebbb]

how do I set up LED notifications
thanks

 

[berniebbb]

in droid bionic I can set screen on when charging or docking, so I can use it as my bedside night light.
Is there anyway to do in droid maxx ?
thanks

 

[doogald]

how do I set up LED notifications
thanks

You can't. There are no LED notifications - just the active notifications that show in the center of the display.

in droid bionic I can set screen on when charging or docking, so I can use it as my bedside night light.
Is there anyway to do in droid maxx ?
thanks

You probably want daydream mode. Settings-Display, look for Daydream.

 

[Leatah]

How can you make different photo files or albums in the gallery? Please help, I have looked everywhere for answers for this.

 

[mulliganlester]

Try this one. A month ago my phone started calling me josh. Josh is not my name. How do I get it calling me the correct name again?

 

[Old Member]

Try this one. A month ago my phone started calling me josh. Josh is not my name. How do I get it calling me the correct name again?

Your wife/girlfriend never borrows your phone do they?

 

[mulliganlester]

Ha! No. No one touched my phone.

 

[doogald]

Try this one. A month ago my phone started calling me josh. Josh is not my name. How do I get it calling me the correct name again?

In the People app, at the top, what is the name of the "ME" contact? I think that's what's used for this.

 

[Thom]

I can not find a way to change it.

... Thom

 

[mulliganlester]

Good call. It does say josh. How do I change it?