Tips and Tricks for the Droid X

[blunt420]

tip: ;
launcher pro is worth the 3 bucks

 

[robdiggie81#AC]

Mine work just fine. I had NESoid and SNESoid on my Droid and when I upgraded to the X, I just transferred them over to a folder on my memory card and they work fine.

right but what if your trying to download new games to your phone

 

[curney]

didn't work for me

3 things. first delete voicemail from speed dial #1. Second, go to contacts and select voicemail, under settings select edit and add ",,password#" to the end. third, go to speed dial and add voicemail back to the first spot.

 

[deeemaa]

Converting Video Files to Play Nicely on Droid X

How to convert videos and transfer them to the Motorola DROID X - Know Your Cell

No need to convert. Download rockplayer as it plays avi and other formats. Way better the stock player.

 

[Vald]

Wallpaper Tip

- keeping in mind all 7 home screens, resolution is 960x854
- if you get the crop screen, make it full size by holding down on the orange lines and dragging it to the edges. I usually pick the top line on the box and drag up and it sizes the other parts to fit
- there are some cool 960x854 sized wallpapers (see link below) that other Droid X users have posted (tap and hold on the picture and choose save image to save it (defaults to the download directory on your SD card and will show up in your gallery automatically):

Official Droid X Wallpaper Of The Day! Whats Yours?! - Android Forums

 

[CarbonOak]

No need to convert. Download rockplayer as it plays avi and other formats. Way better the stock player.

Hmm, I'm going to have to check this out.

 

[DroidNewb]

Is there a setting to change when the phone is active like an off peak function so it stops searching during the night while I am sleeping?

 

[Dubbayoo]

I do not get cell service at work and would like to turn 3G/mobile service off and run Wifi only. Wifi easy, turning 3G/Mobile off no clue... please help...

Add the app called Powercontrol. By default the 3rd screen to the left should have a toggle at the top for wifi, bluetooth, 3G and airplane mode. Powercontrol just replaces 3G and airplane mode buttons for data sharing.

 

[prenoobster]

Is there a setting to change when the phone is active like an off peak function so it stops searching during the night while I am sleeping?

profile manager
dindy

 

[DroidNewb]

profile manager
dindy

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

 

[bigdaystingo1]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Free tethering droid x mac os x

YouTube - Free Droid X Mac OS X Tethering

 

[Speedr117]

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!