someguy9

anyone find a button combo to take screenshots yet?

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RGMetro

or a way to customize the side buttons?

mattparmely

what do you mean the notification menu? just like the menu or what? I want to mount the droid now but cant figure out what you mean. ha sorry.

justinlindh

The top of the screen, where the clock/3G/mail notifications/etc are at... when you connect your Droid via the USB cable to a computer, it adds a section called "Ongoing" and an item in it is called "USB connected". Click that item and select "Mount".

mattparmely

ok i did this. Now, do you know how to get my music from itune sonto my phone??

justinlindh

Not sure, especially about iTunes (I don't use iTunes for anything aside my iPod Touch). You might run into some problems with the DRM on some of the iTunes tracks, and I'm unsure whether Droid can play the un-DRM'd ones. Someone else should know better than I.

I'm trying to figure out where the Droid will search for media files on the SD card.

Stangs55

Please!

Need to change that camera button to a voice search!

moosc

what are the settings for handbrake? need to update my movies for my moto droid

EyeOfYourMind84

This may be a silly question, but how do you close an application?

On my BB if you left an app running it would drain speed and battery life, just like the Droid. However, there doesn't seem to be a "close" function for any of the menus. Am I missing something?

blazingwolf

You have to get a task killer app from the market. There are a couple of free ones in there.

EyeOfYourMind84

Got one, thanks.

Does anyone think there will there ever be a way to just close out an app in the future? Seems like a weird thing to leave out...

syntrix

sorry to ask....

So if I'm using google maps/nav, and then back it out... is it still running?

I notice the little satellite dish still active in the bar at top, is that my gps still running and draining battery?

I rebooted when I thought everything was closed and the dish went away.

TogaLive

This is because apps still run in the background, including navigator/maps. So go to the market and download "TasKiller" with the red icon, ive tested em all and its the best I've found yet! Then just run its app and click once (not a holdclick) on every program you want to end, I do this multiple times a day just to keep the phone running fast

EyeOfYourMind84

+1, just started using it and it makes a lot of sense. Astro is another application that is a task killer and a file manager, pretty decent (except for the UI, which is kind of gaudy...)

iamloco724

is there a way to make a shortcut to that to put on your home screen?

CWasko36

From the home screen, hold down anywhere and then select shortcuts.
Then select settings
Then Running Services

iamloco724

thanks

jetswa737

So is the equivalent to turning Mass Storage on in BB speak?

Thanks!

diddiyo

is there copy/paste on the droid?

SSinisterSS

were you mounting the phone to the computer, and dragging them into the SD card the right way?

ladybadger2007

No with all my other smartphones I just log on to funformobile click on what I want click download and then save to . It will download them to the phone I just can't save it after that. The pics worked the same just not the ringtones

SSinisterSS

so it comes as a MMS text then? if so press on the tone until a menu pops up for you to save

ladybadger2007

I tried that and it never popped up. It doesn't really come as an MMS it just downloads and I save it to the phone. It has worked the same on my Blackberries and my WinMo phones so I thought it would work the same on this one as well maybe I am not holding it down long enough lol but I thought I gave it plenty of time. Thanks for your help I am sure I will figure it out after I play with it a while lol It is deffinatly a different ballgame but I like it.

SSinisterSS

thats wierd, the G1 i used was able to do that, but usually i just mounted it to the computer and installed it through the USB. are you able to save the ringtone to your computer and transfer it yourself?

ladybadger2007

I havn't tried that yet I am so used to just doin it from my phone. I am my friends and families ringtone supplier lol we may have to try something else. Thanks again.

mooshu47

Yes, hold your finger down on any text field and you'll see the 'Edit text' menu with copy/paste functions.

yurnotsoeviltwin

Mine doesn't go into vibrate mode, tghe home screen swipe toggles between ringer and total silence, which isn't useful at all. Is there a way to change this behavior?

Holland

Go to settings-sound and display, check the phone vibrate box

tolas

I just use the side volume keys to adjust ringer volume. It hits vibrate right before silent.

yurnotsoeviltwin

It's checked, but once I hit the lock screen toggle it unchecked itself.

geezman

OK, dumb question, but when I play music it is not playing out of the speaker phone speaker. How do I get the music to play out of the speaker phone speaker?

Anyone? This is driving me insane. The sound is only coming out of the small ear speaker and not the main speaker. I can't for the life of me get the music to play out of the louder speaker.

Nevermind, I powered down and powered back up and now the speaker is working. Weird.

Last edited by geezman; 11-07-2009 at 01:50 PM.

kg6epf

Yes, but depends on the App. Gmail lets you copy, but haven't figured out how to paste yet.

To copy, open keyboard and hold down shift key. Drag your finger across the text you want to copy.

You can paste it into the browser, but I can't find a way to paste into a new mail yet. Probably needs an update for that to happen.

mattparmely

I posted these as threads but i should have just posted here.. i know better!! haha.

anyways a few questions:

How do you take a picture from the browser and save it to your pictures or your background like you can on a PC?

How do you take a website (ie these forums) page & set it as a widget on your home screen? So when I want to go here I dont need to go to browser, favorites, ect. I can just hit the icon and poof.

god, i love this phone.

sohc sti

+1

mattparmely

im guessing you need answers to these too? ha, or you love this phone too?

or both

sohc sti

all of the above.

rphman

how do you assign different sounds to notifications...i have a couple of ringtones that i like to use for text messages and emails..

i see it mp3 in my list of ringtones but can not use it as a notification for email or txt...

thanks
Wade

caitlion

if you tap and hold on the picture you want, a menu will pop up with an option to save it.

you can put a shortcut on the home screen for a website.. just bookmark it. tap and hold anywhere on the home screen (where there isn't an icon already) and the menu to put shortcuts/widgets/folders/wallpapers will pop up.

caitlion

when i try to connect to my pc, i get an error message: "windows could not load the installer for volume. contact your hardware vendor for assistance". i have downloaded the drivers from motorola.com, i'm guessing this is a windows issue?

does anyone know how to fix this? also, is it possible to transfer files via wifi? or to save mp3's from gmail? i e-mailed one to myself to try, but it only gave me the option to preview, not download.

Amu

One quick question, does the audio jack also work as tv-out? Haven't seen or heard of the droid being able to do that, but I was just wondering if anyone has tried using the audio jack for tv-out.

mobileT83

That doesn't have everything Advanced Task Killer would have... and advanced task killer lives up in the top bar with 3G and battery.

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asilver

after downloading pandora, it would not play, I already have it online so I know my user / pass.....turned out after doing a battery pull, it started immediately and started playing......if anyone else gets hung up on this hope it helps.


Now my one question is why don't the 3 home screens go to landscape mode when you turn the phone, EVERYTHING else changes to landscape mode....and the home screens work in landscape if the keyboard is slid out or or if it is in car mode or on the media station.

why can't the home screens just got to landscape...ugh...annoyed.

brettlewis

I got the vibrate setting one, and finally found out how to vibrate for messages, but is there any way to also turn of the APP noises. I want my phone to be silent/vibrate only, don't need all the bells and whistles.

mobileT83

separate sound profiles would be great.. such as night, work, loud, etc. I may have looked over them, but I always like this feature on my BBs

DrDude

Agree. Does anyone know if one can set up differnet notification profiles with the Droid?

Redflea

That happened to me once as well - clearly some sort of bug related to that...

nastybynature

How do I get the Gmail messages that are fowarded to me to show pictures?

mattparmely

hmmm i downloaded it but have not time to play with it cause I have to leave for work. I don't fully get it. When im at work do I need to do the gps thing? does it automatically determine when im at work or home or whatever? I almost don't want to rely on that. I would rather just be able to set "work" or "home" and it will go to vibrate all for work, and regular for home. or such things.

kmfdmk

Yeah my Voice Guided GPS Nav & Audio Playback is ONLY coming from speakers. Resetting now, will edit this post momentarily to update whether a hard reset/battery pull is required.

xAwesome.Austinx

These are very helpful hints! Im a Rep at verizon, and have been drooling over this phone for quite some time now! I will be getting mine on monday! SO pumped! I've wrote most of these down for general info for customers but also for my knowledge! Cant wait to ditch my blackberry for this phone. Doesnt even compare.

New to this forum but if anyone has questions with vzw stuff i can help!! lol Feel free to PM me or ask!

Last edited by xAwesome.Austinx; 11-07-2009 at 10:22 PM.