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there's a "favs" category there if you check yr contacts in gmail right ..?

i love gmail integration with android so much i could never ever see myself buying an iphone
 
I just installed and tried out the dolphin HD browser on my Moto Droid.......is it just me or does it not render pages and text quite as nicely as the stock browser?
 
Just wanted to thank ZZMitch for his help yesterday in rooting my Droid. Now running Froyo via Bugless Beast. Any must-have root programs aside from SetCPU?
 
ZZMitch said:
Thought I would post a few of my screenshots of my newly rooted droid! :D

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I love the look and size of that clock. I've been looking for a replacement since I can't use the sense widgets with LauncherPro. Have you had any problems with Beautiful Widgets? The comments in the marketplace complain about the time and weather never updating, and there are also complaints about it draining the battery.
 
sun-drop said:
there's a "favs" category there if you check yr contacts in gmail right ..?

i love gmail integration with android so much i could never ever see myself buying an iphone
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QTF!!! I run my business email through google apps. Couple that with my Evo and its the best thing since the invention of sliced bread.
 
Ripenen said:
I love the look and size of that clock. I've been looking for a replacement since I can't use the sense widgets with LauncherPro. Have you had any problems with Beautiful Widgets? The comments in the marketplace complain about the time and weather never updating, and there are also complaints about it draining the battery.
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You should try looking for the Fancy Widget .apk online. Someone pretty much copied the Sense clock and put it on the Marketplace so non Sense users could use it. It was up for a couple weeks before a C&D letter went out.
 
Jamesfrom818 said:
You should try looking for the Fancy Widget .apk online. Someone pretty much copied the Sense clock and put it on the Marketplace so non Sense users could use it. It was up for a couple weeks before a C&D letter went out.
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That's what I use, but its been hit and miss on updating
 
ZZMitch said:
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Can someone explain to me how to take a snapshot of your screen?

I've downloaded and installed the SDK, along with Java, but when I hook up the phone via usb (I have debugging on too) and load up the app, the device isn't showing.
 
MarkMclovin said:
Can someone explain to me how to take a snapshot of your screen?

I've downloaded and installed the SDK, along with Java, but when I hook up the phone via usb (I have debugging on too) and load up the app, the device isn't showing.
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Root your phone and then install ShootMe.
 
Deadly Cyclone said:
What is your toggle app?

Edit: And is the Sense-looking weather on the MP, or did you do what was mentioned above to find it?
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Dazzle Configurable Switcher and the Sense clock-weather widget is the one I mentioned earlier, Fancy Widget.
 
zesty said:
Just wanted to thank ZZMitch for his help yesterday in rooting my Droid. Now running Froyo via Bugless Beast. Any must-have root programs aside from SetCPU?
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No problem! And I would recommend Titanium Backup, Rom Manager (Pro) and Shootme
 
I'm in china and kind of wanting a smart phone. They've got the Samsung Galaxy i9000 S or whatever it is over here and I was wondering if that was a good phone to pick up? I could get an unlocked iphone as well, but i'd enjoy the more open android.

also what is rooting? same thing as CFW?
 
For any other SetCPU users... does it keep your phone in partial wake all the time if you use a Screen Off > Underclock profile? Or not even partial wake, just... awake?
 
Jamesfrom818 said:
Dazzle Configurable Switcher and the Sense clock-weather widget is the one I mentioned earlier, Fancy Widget.
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One question, I had the Incredible and it came with a 3G toggle so I could turn 3G off when on Wifi, the X doesn't have this and most widgets for it don't, any reason? Any way to turn on/off 3G, or do I even need to?
 
Deadly Cyclone said:
One question, I had the Incredible and it came with a 3G toggle so I could turn 3G off when on Wifi, the X doesn't have this and most widgets for it don't, any reason? Any way to turn on/off 3G, or do I even need to?
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Power Control widget has the ability and so do most toggle widgets I presume. SwitchPro does, at least. As does the one James uses, I would venture to guess, since it seems equally if not more well-featured (in some ways).
 
Deadly Cyclone said:
One question, I had the Incredible and it came with a 3G toggle so I could turn 3G off when on Wifi, the X doesn't have this and most widgets for it don't, any reason? Any way to turn on/off 3G, or do I even need to?
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Whenever I connect via Wi-Fi, 3G turns off automatically for me.
 
Jayge said:
Power Control widget has the ability and so do most toggle widgets I presume. SwitchPro does, at least. As does the one James uses, I would venture to guess, since it seems equally if not more well-featured (in some ways).
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The one James uses just has an option to change roaming mode, not really a toggle just takes you to the settings for roaming mode.

I'll try a few others.
 
Deadly Cyclone said:
One question, I had the Incredible and it came with a 3G toggle so I could turn 3G off when on Wifi, the X doesn't have this and most widgets for it don't, any reason? Any way to turn on/off 3G, or do I even need to?
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Since you're on Verizon you don't need to. It's auto.
 
Mikasangelos said:
This method is for EVO users, but it may help you.

http://androidforums.com/all-things...erflock-disabler-save-battery-underclock.html
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I'm on a Nexus One but my understanding was that 245 is too low for certain items to run thus causing a negative affect, so for N1 users at least setting to 576 MHz was a good medium. This is what I run and I get < 1.5% per hour on standby. I haven't tried 245 in a while though, maybe SetCPU has changed something that this is preferable now?
 
Jayge said:
Well, that did answer my question and tell me that it is something else keeping my Uptime:Awaketime at 1:1. I just don't know what the hell it is.
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Checking your "Partial Wake Usage" should tell you which processes are keeping the OS awake.
 
Epix said:
Checking your "Partial Wake Usage" should tell you which processes are keeping the OS awake.
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Yep. There are none. Biggest offender is Android System at 40 minutes, and the phone's been up for ~7 hours. Nothing else even comes close. No other app or process seems to be running that I never ran before without problems. I did flash netarchy's godmode kernel (Evo) yesterday though, I don't even know if a kernel would do that to the phone though. Then again, I don't really know anything :lol
 
Mikasangelos said:
you rebooted correct?
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A few times. Just did it again. ~30 minutes up, matching awake.

Edit: now something's changed, it's at 1'10" up and 50 awake. I have no idea what's going on v.v
 
Any decisions on which is the best music player? The stock one kind of sucks. The shuffle option is a true shuffle which I don't like. Nothing worse than hearing the same fucking song 4 times between 10 songs.
 
Jazzy Network said:
Any decisions on which is the best music player? The stock one kind of sucks. The shuffle option is a true shuffle which I don't like. Nothing worse than hearing the same fucking song 4 times between 10 songs.
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i like mixzing. they added a equalizer (still a beta) in one of the recent update.
 
Jazzy Network said:
Any decisions on which is the best music player? The stock one kind of sucks. The shuffle option is a true shuffle which I don't like. Nothing worse than hearing the same fucking song 4 times between 10 songs.
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Cubed is alright but a little too flashy. DoubleTwist is very efficient and easy to use but for some reason refuses to recognize some of my media files. People like MixZing (as stated above) as well, but I haven't used it so I have no opinion.
 
So has any phone gotten the 3d launcher aside from N1? I thought phones weren't getting it because of power (droid being too weak) but Droid X doesn't have it either.

That's a supercool part of the ui. Shame.
 
jonnybryce said:
So has any phone gotten the 3d launcher aside from N1? I thought phones weren't getting it because of power (droid being too weak) but Droid X doesn't have it either.

That's a supercool part of the ui. Shame.
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I thought that was stock UI.. in any case, I'm using Launcher Pro Beta from the market - it is a fantastic homescreen replacement, and it includes an option in the settings for a similar (but not as good) 3d effect as seen on the nexus one
 
jonnybryce said:
So has any phone gotten the 3d launcher aside from N1? I thought phones weren't getting it because of power (droid being too weak) but Droid X doesn't have it either.

That's a supercool part of the ui. Shame.
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My Droid with stock 2.2 has it.
 
My friend has a Droid and wants a Favorite People widget, similar to what I have on my Sense Incredible. Any options out there?

I already set him up with the Fancy clock Widget + Launcher Pro.
 
What's the best google reader ...reader? I am still a little surprised the google has yet to deliver their own offline version for the os..
 
Jazzy Network said:
Any decisions on which is the best music player? The stock one kind of sucks. The shuffle option is a true shuffle which I don't like. Nothing worse than hearing the same fucking song 4 times between 10 songs.
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Now that there is WidgetLocker Lockscreen and you can add any widgets to the lockscreen, I say it's close between Museek and MixZing for me. I like both because of the auto playlist feature playing similar type music. Museek is the only one with gapless playback support (although it's just setting an amount of time to intermix songs, I use 2.5 seconds). Museek's widget kind of sucks and the UI is pretty non-intuitive but has a lot of potential IMO.

If MixZing ever got gapless playback that would be my player of choice.
 
Woot! Rooted the girlfriend's Hero last night and installed VillainRom 12.0. So far it seems to be mostly working, although Live wallpapers seem a no-go. Followed the instructions here,seemed to be the simplest I looked at (although Instant Root only works on certain firmwares).
 
jonnybryce said:
App: Awesome Drop

Drop files into a site on your browser, appear on phone.
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Wow, great app! Thanks for recommending!

I couldn't get it to work with Chrome or Firefox, but it's working fine with Safari (had to take it off of mothballs for this :lol).

Cheers.
 
tabsina said:
What's the best google reader ...reader? I am still a little surprised the google has yet to deliver their own offline version for the os..
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Simply loading up your Google Reader in the browser is the best way IMO. I love it.

Freaking awesome on the X too. :D
 
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