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"I got the inventor beta, but I haven't done anything with it"

8/29/2010 10:09:03 AM

anyone rooted their X and used the wifi tether app yet?

8/29/2010 10:57:27 AM

The Barnacle wireless tethering app should work. The regular Wireless Tether for root users probably won't since it requires a custom kernel.

looks like Sapphire will be coming soon for the Droid X

8/29/2010 11:58:15 AM

Just installed launcher pro on my droid X,

A +++++, would recommend

Thanks, [user]calliphish[\user], for the recommendation!!!


Edit: meant to mention, it has one annoying flaw in that it is not very good at widget resizing

[Edited on August 29, 2010 at 3:42 PM. Reason : ]

8/29/2010 3:40:47 PM

So have you guys done anything cool with Tasker? I bought it but haven't really used it yet.

8/29/2010 6:11:28 PM

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"anyone rooted their X and used the wifi tether app yet?"

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"The Barnacle wireless tethering app should work. The regular Wireless Tether for root users probably won't since it requires a custom kernel."

I've used Wireless Tether several times on my DX. It doesn't require a custom kernel on the DX because the DX kernel already supports tethering. I couldn't get Barnacle to work when I tried it, but I really like Wireless Tether, it has lots of options and is really easy to use.

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"Edit: meant to mention, it has one annoying flaw in that it is not very good at widget resizing"

Resizing in Launcher Pro is pretty new and it'll take a few iterations before it's perfect.

8/29/2010 7:28:55 PM

anyone try cyanogen with evo? i'm debating whether i should or not since 4g doesn't work yet.

8/29/2010 8:27:29 PM

This chompsms sucks.

8/29/2010 9:00:07 PM

haha yeah i just use google voice for my texts and calls.

if anyone knows of good gvoice widgets to show texts like the phone's texts, i'd appreciate it...

8/29/2010 9:13:07 PM

anyone with the droid incredible get the OTA update?

8/29/2010 10:16:09 PM

^I haven't

8/29/2010 10:16:51 PM

My wife's Incredible got the OTA, but I haven't yet, neither has my father in law.

8/29/2010 10:59:30 PM

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"So have you guys done anything cool with Tasker? I bought it but haven't really used it yet."

seconding this. one of the few things i have it set to do is to connect to wifi when it detects a signal nearby, and it works well at home, but it seems like a lot of the time wifi will be on even though my phone can't connect to the source, so i think it just drains my battery.

8/30/2010 12:37:24 AM

Here is my LP setup....







[Edited on August 30, 2010 at 1:36 AM. Reason : tytj]

8/30/2010 1:34:25 AM

http://alldroid.org/default.aspx?g=posts&t=849

Birdman's FlyX rom for the DroidX just came out a little while ago, I'm going to try it out later tonight when I get back from my sisters bithday dinner.

8/30/2010 7:34:07 AM

just rooted and tethered and holy smokes this is awesome.

8/30/2010 9:21:12 AM

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"if anyone knows of good gvoice widgets to show texts like the phone's texts, i'd appreciate it..."

google voice widgets from the G2
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/08/28/download-google-voice-widget-for-android/

White Incredible. Definitely not feeling it
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/08/29/white-droid-incredible-anyone/

8/30/2010 10:51:51 AM

looks like the top of the toilet

8/30/2010 11:07:17 AM

^

8/30/2010 11:25:55 AM

those voice widgets are working like a charm...wish it was in one much larger widget but oh well...thanks!

8/30/2010 1:56:28 PM

Yo!
I'm still waiting on my Froyo,
It's acting like a no show,
They're slower than the po-po,
chasing after me in slow mo.

8/30/2010 2:28:40 PM

^Did you make that up? Not too shabby




I need to figure out what's hoggin the batter on my DX. What's the best app out there to take a look at this?

also, what are some tips other DX users have found that dramatically increase battery life, because this 8 hour battery life shit is for the birds.

8/30/2010 3:54:39 PM

Does the X have the Battery Use thing under About Phone in Settings?

8/30/2010 4:11:27 PM

^^Depends on a lot of stuff really. The first 4-5 days I was getting similar battery life. Now I am getting great battery life. For example, My phone was off the charger yesterday at 8:30am and today at 4:12pm, 32 hours later I am at 60%.

Obviously it is going to be based on your usage though. I have social applications only syncing when I am on wifi (so I have to manually refresh them at work for example) and I have my email set to only check for new mail when Background Data is enabled. Along with that, I never have auto-sync on and in general I keep Background Data off - toggling it on every so often to receive new emails etc.

I was out reading yesterday and running errands so wasn't using it a ton besides some calls and texts and a few random browsing periods. Today I am at work so I have not used it much besides a few emails, texts, and intermittently playing WordFeud

[Edited on August 30, 2010 at 4:46 PM. Reason : ]

8/30/2010 4:21:34 PM

Is there a to-do list app that puts items on your calendar for that day, and automatically carries them over from day to day until they are checked off?

8/30/2010 4:32:48 PM

the weird thing I'm seeing on my battery manager is that my display has used almost HALF of my now, 15% left battery (And I've been at work all day. I've sent maybe four text messages, and other than that the only thing the phone has been doing is saying "droid" periodically and blinking a green light at me).

The screen brightness is already pretty low, but I can't stand it being all the way down. The other almost half of my battery usage has been "standby," but that's reasonable if I was only at half battery now, I'd have a whole nother 6-8 hours ish before it dies on me.

I do not understand

8/30/2010 5:10:37 PM

Good idea, poor execution.

http://www.droid-life.com/2010/08/30/hdmi-out-app-for-droid-x-unlocks-magic/

8/30/2010 5:28:17 PM

moron: i tried using GQueues because it had that calendar integration. it doesn't yet have the auto-delay function but maybe you can convince him to add it in.

8/30/2010 6:27:15 PM

do they actually have better apps for the the HDMI port? because im not too impressed with how it's worked so far ....

maybe it's a problem w/ my TV though

8/30/2010 7:12:57 PM

alright i figured out what may be a problem w/ my X so far

in order for the TV to recognize the signal, i have to have the HDMI cable plugged in either when the phone is off (or reboot after it's plugged in) and then the TV recognizes it

is that normal for everyone? or can you just plug in the cable w/o rebooting



im not seeing this problem anywhere on forums, it could be a wack cable, i did buy it from some sketch merchandiser on ebay i think for $9

[Edited on August 30, 2010 at 9:56 PM. Reason : ]

8/30/2010 9:54:22 PM

anyone running JuiceDefender?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751413#

[Edited on August 30, 2010 at 10:28 PM. Reason : ]

8/30/2010 10:28:35 PM

i think it's been mentioned 5-6 times already ITT, so yes. great app.

8/30/2010 10:32:42 PM

Talking Tom Cat is the best app ever.

8/30/2010 11:06:06 PM

So I've been running LithiumMod 1.0.12-Blue (based on FRG01B) for the last 2-3 weeks now and it's just freaking amazing.

2.6.32.9-P3Droid Kernal #8, running 900mhz max, 600mhz min

I am on 14 hours unplugged with 70% battery life left, with average usage throughout the day. (after clean wipe, no JuiceDefender)

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/lithiummod/

[Edited on August 31, 2010 at 12:07 AM. Reason : .]

8/31/2010 12:04:21 AM

I'm still running Kangorade (v1.1 I believe) - its started to get sluggish and re-drawing the icons / widgets on the home screen after closing almost every program

Does LithiumMod address these issues? I'm OC'd to 800mhz

8/31/2010 12:37:35 AM

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"I need to figure out what's hoggin the batter on my DX. What's the best app out there to take a look at this? also, what are some tips other DX users have found that dramatically increase battery life, because this 8 hour battery life shit is for the birds."

If you don't have the 2.2 leak installed already you really should get it.



I was testing out these new batteries I just got which is why it says it was only running for 25s (the %'s are also way off since it was reset by changing the battery). I took it off the charger at 4pm and drove 120 miles while using navigation and text messaging occasionally. At my sister's birthday dinner I used wireless tether for about 30 minutes to give the droid 1 I have internet access so my mom could play with it. My sister's boyfriend also played with it for a while at dinner comparing it to his droid 1. I also had about 15 minutes of voice calls. My battery is at 70% right now.

Froyo makes a HUGE difference. Before installing the 2.2 leak it would be at 70% after 10 minutes of use. I even ordered the extended battery and bought 2 batteries off ebay because it was so bad. I'm thinking about cancelling my extended battery order (since they were on back order the instant they were on sale) and I probably won't even use these ebay batteries.

8/31/2010 1:02:51 AM

looks like someone pissed in motorola's corn flakes. Nothing that the rom developers won't take care of though once it's officially released

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/30/motorola-says-leaked-droid-x-android-2-2-build-wont-be-updated/

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"Motorola says leaked Droid X Android 2.2 build won't be updated to the official release By Nilay Patel posted Aug 30th 2010 at 9:03PM Can't say this is a surprise, but Motorola posted a note on its support forums today warning Droid X users against upgrading to that leaked Android 2.2 build or any of those custom ROMS that're out there -- they'll be cut off from the official upgrade when it hits in early September and potentially "stuck on the leaked version." Ouch. Of course, that's the risk you take when you start flashing your phone with unofficial firmware, but between this, eFUSE, and those cease and desist letters, it certainly feels like Motorola is decidedly unhappy that anyone would have the gall to hack or tweak one of its handsets, even if the phone in question is the size of a small tank and marketed by aggressive murderous robot hands insisting that it "does" everything one can think of with no restrictions. Contrast that with HTC, which is not only at peace with the hacking community, but even takes the initiative to resolve similar problems. Of course, no one would care about any of this if Motorola would just release stock Android builds for its devices as soon as they're ready, but why learn that lesson when it's possible to waste money developing Blur and adopting painfully annoying staggered OTA rollout schedules at the behest of carriers? That would just be silly."

8/31/2010 9:10:27 AM

FROYO came this morning for me

8/31/2010 9:18:57 AM

^I wish there was some order to the way they do roll outs. Seems like they would reward the people that have had the phone since launch or reward the people that waited forever to get it or something. No Froyo for my Incredible yet.

8/31/2010 9:26:48 AM

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"the weird thing I'm seeing on my battery manager is that my display has used almost HALF of my now, 15% left battery (And I've been at work all day. I've sent maybe four text messages, and other than that the only thing the phone has been doing is saying "droid" periodically and blinking a green light at me). "

My Droid drinks battery like no other.

8/31/2010 9:27:35 AM

Man, the no update thing blows. I hope a non hacked update.zip gets uploaded as soon as the ota rolls out.

8/31/2010 9:29:30 AM

For those with an Incredible and don't want to wait
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-update-your-incredible-froyo

8/31/2010 9:37:37 AM

What the fuck is Motorola's problem with the lockdown? Didn't the supreme court already rule that apple couldn't do shit like this with the iphone, because once we bought it, it's fuckin ours?

8/31/2010 10:28:11 AM

it's not illegal for them to lock down their devices. They just have no legal ground to prosecute those who crack them now.

8/31/2010 10:33:54 AM

^^^Score I forgot about manual updates. Man that thing took a while to install but so far its runnin like a champ.

8/31/2010 10:34:56 AM

How to get back to stock 2.1 on the Droid X for the update
http://forum.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-x/30274-help-want-revert-back-2-1-a.html#post299151

8/31/2010 12:09:34 PM

Oh my goodness, the Froyo calendar app is 100x better! Multiple Google Calendar syncs FTW!

8/31/2010 12:29:54 PM

love playing WordFeud with friends during the day

8/31/2010 1:30:48 PM

ha, apparently they're sending out Droid 2's as warranty replacements for the original Droid now. Might be time to call and complain about my wifi troubles.

8/31/2010 2:40:05 PM

I want 2.2

any word on mobile hotspot/tethering for DX? other than being forced to pay vzw for it?

[Edited on August 31, 2010 at 3:04 PM. Reason : .]

8/31/2010 3:02:28 PM