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    Galaxy Nexus Warranty from Google Play

    How does the Galaxy Nexus warranty process work? The Google Play website and Samsung website are very unclear about how coverage works. Google's page (Galaxy Nexus limited warranty - Google Play Help) says its 12 months under Samnsung, but when you follow that page it turns out it only lasts...
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    GrooveIP, sipdroid, talkatone, how do these applications work?

    How do each of these applications intercept the google voice calls? It seems like GrooveIP uses the google chat interface, but this has been causing issues with my chat status being constantly updated by the app. Is there a way to preven GrooveIP from affecting google chat? Do sipdroid...
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    Root Least painless way to root a D2 on 2.3.3

    Which current root methods work on a D2 running Android 2.3.3? Looking at the CM tutorial: Motorola Droid 2: Full Update Guide - CyanogenMod Wiki, I need to downgrade my phone to 2.3.20 to root the phone. The issue is that I would not like to lose all my Apps and their settings...
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    Droid 2 insurance, time to drop coverage?

    I've been paying the $7/mo Droid 2 insurance (TEC Asurion) for what's getting close to a year and a half now and was thinking it may longer be worth it. Even if I needed to use the plan to replace the phone, I would have to pay a $100 deductible which doesn't seem worthwhile for such an old...
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    Experience with Verizon phone replacement

    I've had my Droid 2 for about 9 months now and one of the capacitive buttons (specifically the back button) appears to be broken. I have insurance and was wondering how the replacement process goes? Will they replace my current phone with the same exact model? Will i have any choice of which...
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    Help Upgrading flash 10.1

    Does anyone know how to upgrade their Droid 2's flash which came pre-installed to the latest Adobe version available in Marketplace?
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    Apps Gestures in Dolphin browser, how does it work?

    The gestures feature in Dolphin browser is extremely interesting, you can create your own gestures to do certain browser tasks like refresh or go to certain bookmarks. I haven't seen another app that has this ability, does anyone know if Dolphin uses a library or is this gesture recognition...
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    Apps Detailed Hardware Specs of most Android devices

    Is there any website I can find detailed hardware specs of most of the popular android phones? (ie GPS model number, chipsets, processor, CDMA/gsm radio, GPU, etc) I'm trying to get a good idea of what the current capabilities of hardware available for my application.
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    What's the deal with music downloaders?

    Fildo Music Download MP3 Music Download How do these apps work? Where do they get the music from and is this even remotely legal?
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    Help Fullscreen flash video?

    It's nice that I can watch flash media players, but is there any way to fullscreen flash video? The video is a kinda small.
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    Google goggles unstable

    Is anyone having stability issues with Google goggles on their Droid 2? It seems to always freeze when I attempt to take a picture or just becomes unresponsive to commands. More often then not, when I take a picture, it simply gets stuck with the loading symbol (red spinning circle) displayed.
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    Help 3G Mobile Hotspot App

    Does anyone know how this app works? I don't have tethering on my plan so will using this app cause me to incur tethering charges?
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    Help No 3G while in a phone call?

    Does anyone else's 3G service not connect when they're in a phone call?
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    Droid 1 users who upgraded to Droid 2

    Hi, Just a tip, you can increase the capacity on your Droid 2 if you swap the microSD cards from your Droid 1. The Droid 1 comes with a 16GB microSD card while the Droid 2 only has 8gb (because it already has another 8gb internally). Also, another nice perk to doing this is the 16gb card is a...
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    Apps Sharing an event listener with other Apps?

    Is it possible for one app running in the background to detect the user input events of another app? For example, a keylogger detecting the input in "Browser"?
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    Help Faster location aquisition

    Does anyone know how much things like Assisted GPS and Wireless Networks affects battery life? I would assume Assisted GPS doesn't affect much because the CDMA antenna needs to be on for the phone to communicate anyway. But the Wifi might affect the life more because that antenna isn't...
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    Which protectiong for your phone?

    Which protection do you guys choose for your phone? Total Equipment Coverage: http://support.vzw.com/clc/features/calling_features/equipment_protection.html or SquareTrade 2-Year Cell Phone Warranty Plus Accident Protection: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041OXLPW TEC covers lost or stolen but...
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    What's stored on the SD card?

    Does anyone know how to find what gets stored on the SD card what's stored in internal memory? I'm wondering what I will have to move if I upgrade to a larger SD card.
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    Unread text cost anything?

    If you don't buy a text plan from VZW and pay per text message (to the tune of 20cents per text), do you get charged for received texts? I'm considering transferring a number when I get a plan, but this number occasionally gets SPAM texts.
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    Help Google voice not verifying number

    Has anyone else had this issue with Google Voice app where its not getting past number verification?
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    Transferring a number from tracfone to VZW

    Has anyone transferred their prepaid tracfone number to a contract plan on Verizon Wireless? Is so, could you tell me how that process is done?
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    Root Post your Quadrant/Linpack scores for HTC Inc on 2.2

    I couldn't find a thread that specifically had this information so: Post your Android 2.2 benchmarks here and mention and non stock mods.
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    Droid 2 deal $74.99, is there a catch?

    I recently ran into this deal DROID 2 by Motorola (Verizon Wireless) | LetsTalk.com which sells the Droid 2 for $74.99 after you apply the $25 coupon code '25RAFPCVER1' When Verizon sells this phone for $200 on their own site, I'm wondering if there's a huge catch I'm missing. But...