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Root the Nexus One
There may come a time where you just can’t resist and decide to root your Android phone. We have been getting so many emails lately about how to root the Nexus One that we decided to post a brief tutorial using various sources. There are a couple of things to keep in mind before you [...]
How To Overclock (Kill) Your Motorola Droid
Is your Motorola Droid running a little slow? Does it need a little pick me up? Then feel free to clock your Droid up to 1.1GHz. The guys at AllDroid have come up with a way to over-clock the Droid’s ARM Cortex A8 from 550MHz to 1.1GHz . That’s quite an impressive jump! While I’m [...]
6 Easy Steps to Installing Android SDK with Eclipse
How to Install Android SDK with Eclipse The Following are the steps to install android 2.0.1 sdk into eclipse for the first time if you want to start to develop Android apps. 1) Install java 6 sdk from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp. If you already have a sdk installed make sure it is at least java 5 sdk 2) [...]
Android: 40 Tips and Tricks
PC World posted an article with 40 different tips and tricks for Google Android. Most of these were covered in our own Tips and Tricks Roundup, but there is definitely some new stuff. PC World’s article is also geared to Android as a whole. So what kind of stuff is included in the article?
Create a Directions Shortcut from Android’s Home Screen
Here’s a neat little trick in case you did not know it. You can create a shortcut on your homescreen that will give you directions in your Google Maps Navigation. This makes it a lot more convenient than trying to type an address into your phone while driving. To create the shortcut
Update: Setup Yahoo! Email on Your Motorola Droid
We are getting lots of questions regarding setting up Yahoo email on your Droid phone. I just tried it on mine again (I DO NOT have a Yahoo! Plus account) and it worked fine. I followed the directions on this post exactly. Make sure that you are selecting Manual Setup in the bottom left corner. [...]
How to Fix a Loose Battery Cover on Your Droid Phone
Here is a nice video tutorial explaining how to fix your cover if it happens to be loose. All that is needed is a small screwdriver tweak and a little over a minute. How to fix a loose battery cover: As the above video shows, it just requires pushing a small metal piece back in. [...]
The Complete Guide to Motorola Droid: Tips and Tricks
Welcome to the Simply Droid Complete Guide to Motorola Droid: Tips and Tricks. For the following tips use the pictures below to help you find certain areas of your Droid phone. The Applications tab: The Menu Key: The Notification Panel/Window Shade (the area outlined in red) How to transfer music/video files between the Verizon Motorola [...]