what to do with my retired droid 1?

**Swavek** · 04-11-2011, 04:48 PM

i recently upgraded to the new htc thunderbolt and retired my good old droid 1. at the moment, i'm using it as an alarm clock but are there other things that i could use it for? i still love my old droid 1 and would love to put it to some practical use.
what do you guys think?

**hounddog88** · 04-11-2011, 04:51 PM

You should still be able to use any of the apps u bought that can be used over wifi instead of 3g, but I'm not sure

**jayblazer** · 04-11-2011, 06:08 PM

I'm going to stick a 32 gig card in mine and use it for games and an mp3 player. I have never used as one before because I needed the batt to last all day.

**Sploinkin** · 04-11-2011, 09:27 PM

I have the game gripper and will use it for an emulator when I finally upgrade.

**mbar9607** · 04-11-2011, 10:01 PM

i say use the droid over wifi and just play with roms and things

**the one and only M** · 04-12-2011, 04:51 PM

Im in the same boat. I recommend loading up CM7 and use it as an iPod touch.

**mbar9607** · 04-12-2011, 10:20 PM

CM7 is great im using it on my droid now

**racermech** · 04-13-2011, 05:41 PM

will gps still work? When I retire mine it would be nice to use it to gps track my bike rides.

**mbar9607** · 04-13-2011, 06:31 PM

im not sure if gps will work w/o a network connection of some sort

**og_president** · 04-13-2011, 06:57 PM

You have 5 options

1. Flash it to metro PCS and sell it on Craigslist

2. Use it as a Dev phone (if you make a high traffic app with ads you WILL be a millionaire)

3. Flash cm7 and sell/trade on Craigslist

4. Use as a gym iPod

5. Will it blend?

Swyped from my Gingerbread'ed Optimus S

**droid_dog** · 04-15-2011, 12:33 AM

What is the benefit to flashing to metro? I have my og just lying around now as well. It has gb. On it and has a 1 gig kernel.

**Sploinkin** · 04-15-2011, 09:19 AM

Selling it to someone on metro would be the benefits of flashing to metro.

**methusalem** · 04-25-2011, 01:08 PM

you could also sell it or give it to someone who you know will love it? Got any teenagers in your extended family?

I'm looking to pick one of these up to tinker with before Verizon rolls out dual cores finally, so it's great to hear about all the options!

**TargaAllDay** · 05-06-2011, 02:45 PM

I am looking to buy an og droid since mine had gotten wet about a month ago. I just need it to hold me over until the targa comes out.

**Chillerman** · 05-09-2011, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Swavek

i recently upgraded to the new htc thunderbolt and retired my good old droid 1. at the moment, i'm using it as an alarm clock but are there other things that i could use it for? i still love my old droid 1 and would love to put it to some practical use.
what do you guys think?

I'm in the exact same situation. Love my Tbolt! I'm currently using the D1 for games for my 7 year old daughter because I don't want a bunch of games on the Tbolt. Wireless still works and apps can be downloaded, but GPS apps such as Google Maps and Navigation require a network connection which usually isn't available in your car when you need it, unless you use the TBolt as a mobile hotspot. I recently rooted my D1 just for fun and downloaded some roms after browsing these forums. Still a good little portable.

**sonicbuffalo** · 05-10-2011, 08:03 AM

I sold mine back to Verizon for $55.00 on their trade in deals. Might as well get something out of it....

**scarryman04** · 05-14-2011, 10:05 AM

Give it to a homeless person

**jlgraham** · 05-14-2011, 02:52 PM

Since I bought the dock and car mound for my OG droid, and updated to the thunderbolt, I didn't want to bother buying another car dock for my new phone. So I keep my Droid in the car, and use the Thunderbolts hotspot feature to use my OG Droid as a standalone GPS via Wifi with Google Maps.