Tips and Tricks for the Droid X

**bigdaystingo1** · 07-20-2010, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by DroidNewb

isn't there a saver mode installed on the device already? to deactivate the device while you are not using it?

Yeah you can find this in settings>battery manager> Battery Profile Options
it is already selected from 10pm to 5am but you can change it as you please

**themaclady** · 07-20-2010, 02:50 PM

Can someone tell me how to turn off the chirping sound I get every time an email arrives? I have looked in lots of settings but can't find it.

**ceriem** · 07-20-2010, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by LisaO

Can someone tell me how to turn off the chirping sound I get every time an email arrives? I have looked in lots of settings but can't find it.

Go to GMail > Press Menu Key and select Settings > Find Notification Settings and select the ringtone you want

**exempli_gratia** · 07-20-2010, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Bond32

Do you have any potential swype tips? I tried it and just can't get it down.

Not for everyone. Still going back and forth on it myself. But some notable advantages:

Shorter than ragural keyboard, so mosre pace left on the screen for the actual text/content.
Can still peck away one key at a time, in addition to the swypte gestures.
Drag from Swype to 5-key ("F") and get a phone-style number pad.

I disabled the sound on key press, but left the haptic (wish there was a reduced level haptic).

**exempli_gratia** · 07-20-2010, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by blunt420

tip: ;
launcher pro is worth the 3 bucks

Also take a look at ADW.Launcher. Similar feature set. Quick. Flexible. Powerful. Also Free (I think LauncherPro still has a free version as well).

**exempli_gratia** · 07-20-2010, 04:47 PM

You can generally toggle the keyboard by press-hold the Menu button.

In Contacts list, the keyboard will narrow down entries with just a few a couple letters.

**tntdroid** · 07-20-2010, 07:58 PM

In the gallery click a photo hold down the screen with two fingers and push one up and other down. Will spin and save the photo

**blunt420** · 07-20-2010, 08:06 PM

for you former htc users check out dialer one its like the htc dialer its easy to call people if you have alot of contacts..you can dial by name and number

**n0cud06.x86** · 07-21-2010, 01:18 AM

**Speedr117** · 07-21-2010, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by exempli_gratia

Not for everyone. Still going back and forth on it myself. But some notable advantages:

Shorter than ragural keyboard, so mosre pace left on the screen for the actual text/content.
Can still peck away one key at a time, in addition to the swypte gestures.
Drag from Swype to 5-key ("F") and get a phone-style number pad.

I disabled the sound on key press, but left the haptic (wish there was a reduced level haptic).

How did you turn off the sound on the swype keyboard? Thanks!

**prenoobster** · 07-21-2010, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by Speedr117

How did you turn off the sound on the swype keyboard? Thanks!

under settings->keyboard->swype settings

**rog152** · 07-21-2010, 11:45 AM

Is there a way for the moto clock widget to open the clock and alarm app? If not I do not see how motorola missed that.

**rooktdphi** · 07-21-2010, 12:11 PM

not sure if any of you have come across this yet, but when your phone is ringing, you can flip the phone to face down and it will swap it to vibrate (great for if you are in a meeting and forgot to silence your phone)

**doctorlove316** · 07-21-2010, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by rooktdphi

not sure if any of you have come across this yet, but when your phone is ringing, you can flip the phone to face down and it will swap it to vibrate (great for if you are in a meeting and forgot to silence your phone)

Yeah, that is pretty cool. There's an option in the settings to turn that on or off as well as double tapping the screen to silence the ringer.

**Speedr117** · 07-21-2010, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by silent1643

under settings->keyboard->swype settings

Thank you!

**beastcmg** · 07-21-2010, 05:40 PM

go into contacts select the contact you want push menu then edit scroll down and you should see additional info expand that and scroll down and you should see call handling ringtone select the arrow and pick the ring tone you want.

**mikesmith** · 07-21-2010, 08:31 PM

Any way to refresh a webpage in the browser?

**terpitude71** · 07-21-2010, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by mikesmith

Any way to refresh a webpage in the browser?

menu>refresh

**jedge** · 07-21-2010, 08:53 PM

You can edit Beautiful Widgets Home without deleting/recreating it.
Just tap on the weather portion to go into the extended forecast, then click the Settings button and you can change the skin and/or configuration from there.

**mikesmith** · 07-21-2010, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by terpitude71

menu>refresh

Duh. :o

Seems simple enough. Thank you.

**rmiles50** · 07-22-2010, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by silent1643

Don't add your facebook or your contacts will auto sync with your friends. Instead download facebook and use syncmypix just to synch the photos. Also get sms-pop up

How do you syncmypix with facebook and your contacts???

**rmiles50** · 07-22-2010, 03:11 PM

How do you save ringers from a text to your phone. I cant fiqure out on how to using phone zoo!?

**stacyadell** · 07-22-2010, 04:28 PM

when typing (swype, swiftkey, multi-touch) and long press the red bulls-eye, a magnifier window pops up of the word under the bulls-eye.

**tntdroid** · 07-22-2010, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by jedge

You can edit Beautiful Widgets Home without deleting/recreating it.
Just tap on the weather portion to go into the extended forecast, then click the Settings button and you can change the skin and/or configuration from there.

Thanks! Ive been delete/adding for months now. So much better!