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    Help Disabling swipe to get to login screen

    Okay, so my phone screen is off. I press the home-key or power-key to turn on the screen. I have to swipe the screen to unlock. Then I have to enter my pin, password, or gesture to really unlock the phone. Is there a way so I don't have to swipe the screen to get to the pin/password/gesture...
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    Calendar and Contact Sync to Google

    We recently tried linking/syncing my wife's Google account to a Windows 10 machine. The Gmail sync's just fine, but we're not seeing any calendar or contacts. Going to her Google account in a browser also shows none of her calendar or contact entries. We're assuming that all the time she has...
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    Help HDMI does not display on Brookstone projector

    I have a Note 3 with Android version 5.0. I have the Brookstone Pocket Projector Slim. The projector comes with a Micro USB to HDMI MHL Cable. It also comes with a 5-Pin to 11-Pin Micro USB Adapter. When I turn on the projector and connect the cable, with the 5-to-11 pin adapter, the phone...
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    Help Movies not appearing in DCIM/Camera, but photos do

    This is odd and a real pain. When I connect my phone to my computer and navigate to "This PC\My Name\Card\DCIM\Camera" the mp4 movie files do not display and are not found on a search. However, all the jpg files display and can be copied to the PC without any problem. Yet the movie files are...
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    Help When on WiFi, phone cannot connect to internet

    I don't know if this is a phone issue or something with my home WiFi. My network configuration is AT&T (2Wire 3800HGV-B) broadband router and WiFi --> Ooma Telo --> Internet. My rooted Droid 2 connects to the 3800HGV-B via WiFi without problems, but then cannot get internet. However, the...
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    Android AudioNote Equivalent

    I'm looking for an Android equivalent to the iPhone application "AudioNote". It has the killer feature I need: AudioNote can make sound recordings even as, and keep them synchronized, note by note, with the text. You
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    Control unrooted Verizon Droid2 from PC

    Is there a method for controling an unrooted droid remotely from a PC? Everything I'm finding requires a rooted phone. I'd especially like being able to control it wirelessly. For my uses, WiFi and USB really don't provide any advantage over just picking up the phone. Thanks in advance, Andrew
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    Text to Speech Clarifications

    I'm a bit confused about the speech-to-text capabilities in or for my Motorola Droid (on Verizon). I've seen posts about Swype, Ultra Keyboard 4.0, Handsent, inxs, MT3GS, Note Everything, and the G Button / Genius. I've seen posts about using Dragon Dictation on the Droid, but on the Nuance...
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    USB Peripherals

    I'd like to confirm my understanding regarding USB Peripherals. I was intending to post a question on connecting USP Peripherals to my Motorola Droid; things like printers, webcams, keyboards, hard drives, etc. I searched and found this post on USB Host that I interpret as 'it is not...
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    New to the forum

    I just purchased a Motorola Droid and I'm on the Verizon network. I love new gadgets and seeing what I can wring from them. I also enjoy helping my friends with technology. I plan on immediately performing a few searches on the forum and probably making a few posts related to peripherals and...