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  1. Diathrane

    Help Charging/Maybe Battery Problem?

    I'm having a problem with my Droid 3. No lights blink in the LED. only the motorola screen pops up and then shows 0% then it goes to 5% then shuts off and does nothing. and it wont charge or do anything. do i have to reset my phone? I've tried using "X" and "M". I'm one step away from...
  2. oaklane

    Factory Reset Droid 3/MP3 player

    I changed my Droid 3 to a Motorola Razr. I want to use the Droid 3 just as a music player but I factory reset it now it wants me to go through the set up. Is it too late to use as just a music player?
  3. I

    Root Baking up before root

    Getting ready to root my Droid 3. I've done some thread sleuthing, but everything I have read is about backing up app data and a bunch of other backup stuff I don't really care about. My question is simple: I have the app "super backup". If I use that to backup my contacts, call log, and...
  4. R

    Help Final Fantasy V Google Play works?

    Hello. I have a Milestone/Droid 2, and I'm gonna get a Milestone 3(here in Brazil it's called Milestone). I wanted to buy Final Fantasy V on Google Play but it says it's not compatible with my Milestone 2(but I have ALL the other FFs on it). Could someone that has Droid/Milestone 3 gently...
  5. S

    DROID 3 Camera/SD Card Acting Strange

    Hi guys, recently the default Camera app on my 2-year old DROID 3 has began to act strange. Well, it isn't so much the camera app specifically. The phone itself is having trouble recognizing the SD card it has in it. The phone knows the card is there, and all of its contents show up just fine. I...
  6. beowulf7

    Root Great battery life when in airplane mode

    This thread is meant to be for entertainment purposes, but what I'm saying is true. I replaced my D3 with the SGS4 about 1.5 months ago. But I've kept my D3 on for the hell of it. (It has no resale value.) Technically, I kept it on, but in airplane mode. Why? Well, for the first couple...
  7. S

    Help Droid 3 GPS Question

    I have an old droid 3 that I dont really use anymore. I had the idea to use it as a gps unit in my old truck. My question is if theres any way that I can use the gps services (google maps or a different map service) without having to use cell service or wifi? I am willing to root or modify the...
  8. B

    anyone know what asurion is sending for droid3 cases

    droid 3 gone. not sure to put in an insurance claim, or just get a droid 4 on craigslist? I don't want to spend $75 to get a old refurb'd droid 3 with a hit against my insurance. I think for another 25 to 50 more I can get a 4. Also, are there any hard keyboard phones coming out for vzw...
  9. jaycbrf4

    Root Change lock screen clock color

    I managed to change the font of the Lock screen clock but can not find the code for the color. Has anyone found this yet?
  10. G

    Can only hear music with headphones

    This is sort of an odd problem. Approximately a year ago my phone got dropped in a tiny bit of liquid. No problem, I pulled the battery, soaked it in rice for 3 days, and all was well. Only issue was, when using headphones or connecting to my car stereo, music sounded crackly. That was my only...
  11. Corvette

    Using Droid 3 without mobile data plan...

    Hey everyone. So I made a little bit of a hasty move. My girlfriend has a dumb phone and wants a smart phone, so I bought her a second hand Droid 3. I made the purchase before I did any research, surmising that I could just move her Verizon SIM card over from her dumb phone and into the Droid...
  12. V

    Root any way around activation?

    so i just got a droid 3, and i have no intention of using the verizon service, i kinda just want to use Google voice over wifi so when the phone is factory reset you need to go though this activation process in order to do anything, i was wondering if there is an easy way around that.
  13. F

    Help used phone still showing previous owners number-wont make or recieve calls

    i bought a used droid 3 to use instead of my work issue flip phone. i put my SIM card in the droid power it up and it makes the call to activate the phone and says that it is complete, but phone wont make or recieve calls. and when i go into about phone and then status the phone number that...
  14. J

    How do I stop updates

    Hi; I had updates set to manual. I updated something that switched something that allows auto-updates. I have Play store set to "do not auto-update" Apps are still auto updating. How do I get this to stop?
  15. R

    Help Photos on Droid 3 Intermittent Error Displaying media

    I have a Droid 3 that I have been using for a few weeks now. If I take a photo, from time to time (more than just once) I get an "Error displaying media" and no photo appears (even though it appears to complete the photo.) Not sure if this is a timing issue or if there are issues with the...
  16. WickedWayz

    Help Unbricked my Droid 3 now WiFi signal sucks

    Recently I unbricked my Droid 3 and now for some reason the WiFi signal sucks bad. Has anyone else had this happen or have a solution?:help::shot::thrasher:
  17. onpointG35

    Broken power button

    Hello everyone, My girl's droid 3 power button is broken, is there a trick to turn it back on. I've read a few articles did the typically Google search but cannot find anything useful. Any help in the right direction will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
  18. C

    Help Help

    I have a Droid 3 and it is running the following: Version: 2.3.4 Baseband: N_03.18.32P Kernal:2.6.35.7-g5fa4155 I went from Verizon and flashed to Cricket. I am deployed and want to use the phone here in Kandahar. I can connect to wi-fi but it says the sim is locked. I have read quite a bit and...
  19. J

    Help Phone resets when I snap my back cover on, wont turn back on without taking battery out and back in

    This is a brand new phone, out of the box. I was putting the battery back in, and snapped the back cover back into place, and the phone restarted. But then instead of booting back up, and continued to try to restart until it just went black and unresponsive. As if there was no battery at...
  20. H

    Help Droid 3 wont turn on! No similarity to equal problems in other threads

    Hello, I am from germany so first i want to excuse if my english is not the best :D I have a droid 3 (not rooted) and since yesterday it wont turn on anymore. First, when it was in use it freezed and i could not turn it off normally so i had to remove the battery. When I wanted to start the...
  21. gloriousnumber1

    Unlock to Sprint?

    I'm selling two Droid 3's and a friend asked if they can be unlocked for Sprint. My answer was that it MAY be possible, but I believe the data frequencies are different so if anything, only voice will work. Anyone got a better answer for him? By the way, I'm not posting an ad for them...
  22. I

    Help help - no sound from *speaker* during videos :/

    so I have a brand new droid 3 what's strange is that it makes sounds from the speakers (when I go to sound settings - Volume - it makes sounds from the speaker (and "silent mode" is unchecked)) but for media - when I play it - sounds ONLY via headphones what could be the issue? how...
  23. B

    Help Huge mess of an Xt860

    A family memeber dropped their phone off to me cause they played around with it trying custom os's and tampered with their recovery and more. Here is what the phone can do: Power + M Key (Vol down will not work) Boot Mode Selection Menu (0A.40) AP Fastboot Boots to Android randomly, when...
  24. T

    App to take internet from WIFI and re-broadcast as hotspot?

    I am curious if there is an App that will let me broadcast a hotspot NOT using my phone's data but instead using wifi that my phone's connected to. I know, you're asking why would I want my phone to connect to wifi and then in turn connect something else via wifi to my phone??? Well, I...
  25. onpointG35

    Factory reset

    Any idea's on how to do a factory reset
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