Cool Stuff to do With Old Droid

[Kyle2595]

So I just got a new HTC Droid DNA a few days ago and have been loving it. That leaves me with my old Motorola Droid X and I started thinking, what can I do with this? There must be something nifty I can do with this piece of tech (yes I did just use the word nifty).

Anyone out there know of cool things to do with an old phone like make it a bootable hard drive and put Ubuntu on it or something?

I will probably donate it in a few months but I wanted to give myself a project and hopefully show off to friends in the process.

Thanks in advance for the suggestions!

Should mention that I have rooted my Droid X.

 

[Mikestony]

Hm, while I was reading thru your post, I was thinking, "root it!", and then I saw your last sentence

You can always flash different roms for it or perhaps unroot it, then reroot it or something.

Or you can brick it and try to unbrick it! Just kidding

Or sell it?
I dunno..just throwin out some nifty ideas..(see that? nifty )

 

[saptech]

Set it up with Google Voice and Groove IP or Talkatone and use it for voice/text over wifi!

 

[Kyle2595]

Hm, while I was reading thru your post, I was thinking, "root it!", and then I saw your last sentence

The sentence originally stated that I had not rooted my phone but then I thought "what the hell?" and rooted it. It was very easy and I have been doing some cool stuff with it. I then stumbled across this and my eyes lit up:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid

 

[James_Bond]

Hey Kyle

I stumbled across your post and thought KEEP IT! hehe you probably have a backup phone already though, just remember that phones malfunction sometimes and accidents do happen. So have a backup solution because people have become dependent on their phones.

You don

 

[breadnatty08]

PC remote controller apps are nice:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silicmobile.pcremotecontroller&hl=en
I use my old Flyer as a bedside clock as well.