Ok, so I got a Droid........ What apps do you like?

[YELLAHEEP]

My wallpaper......... 'cuz I'm a Terminator nerd. :thumbup:

(jeezus that's a huge pic...... )

 

[Digger87xj]

www.phonezoo.com has some good ringtones

 

[jrsxj98]

Mobilo, Advance task killer, TasKiller, Helix launcher (lets you set up to 7 home screens) plus double tap feature shows all pages for quick access, Air Control, Pandora, Radiant Lite, TiKL walkie talkie is cool, Ringdroid, Shazam. There is just so many lol

 

[RidgeRunnerXJ]

Yeah, I already picked up the cover with holster sold at the Verizon store:

And I got the stick on display protector as well. With all the crawlin' around on the ground under jeeps that I do, I knew it was gonna need protection. Ya shoulda seen my old phone...........

I had that case when I first got my droid, I broke it in less than a month.

Get yourself an otterbox case too http://www.otterbox.com/motorola-cases/droid-by-motorola-cases/ this thing has saved my blackberry countless times. Well worth the $50 or so that is costs.

OtterBox FTW!

 

[1m4j2t]

i've got an inclinometer on my iphone, but you gotta have a dash mount and calibrate it on a level road.

 

[ColoradoRaptor]

Does anyone make just a phone not one that takes photos and make waffles and other stuff just a cel phone ??????

You need the Jitter Bug :moon:

 

[BJL913]

These are all the good ones i have on my phone that come in handy all the time!

Battery widget - monitors battery life and turns on wifi/gps/bluetooth

Advanced Task Killer - Lets you shut down apps running in the background.

Compass - self explainitory

Dolphin Browser - best browser out there! tabbed browsing and pinch zoom!

Droidlight - turns your flash into a flashlight!

EasyTether Pro - plug your phone into your laptop or computer and use your phone for internet access on your laptop! Pay app, but worth it if you need to access the net on your laptop in a pinch! Jsut watch your data use!

Mabilo Ringtones - Free ringtones

Flixter - movie times/reviews/previews!

Pandora - free radio, tell it the band you like, it finds more like it!

Shazam - uses the mic to take a sample of the song you hear, then goes online and tells you who is singing it!

Talk to me - free translator in a TON of languages

Timer - stopwatch and countdown timer

Weather channel - GPS based real time weather!

US Constitution - Everybody should ALWAYS have one handy!

Urban spoon - helps find new places to eat

wikimobile - wikipedia on your phone

 

[YELLAHEEP]

Ok, now that I've had this phone for a couple weeks-ish.....

I'm pretty disappointed in the actual quality of the PHONE feature.

All I ever hear is "What?" or "Hello - you still there?" when I'm trying to talk to someone. I have to mash the phone against my face before people can hear me saying anything and even then........ they say the clarity is, well not clear at all. Sounds like I'm across the room with a loud waterfall near by. When my Wife calls me on her Droid, I totally hear it like they do. Sounds like shit.

Anyone know if they've got a fix for that?

 

[YELLAHEEP]

Ok, after more "surfing" this poor call quality subject, I found a few things to try:

-Access the hidden menu and changed settings from EVRC to EVRC -B
-Turning Voice Privacy feature to "off"
-Check the phone protective case to see if it's covering the 2nd noise filtering microphone.


So, I've set it to EVRC -B, Turned Voice Privacy to "off" and I drilled a hole in my plastic cover to uncover this 2nd microphone.

Fingers crossed.........

 

[ChiXJeff]

Odd. I picked up an A855 Droid several weeks and call quality is good to very good.

Look into the "Scanner Radio" app.

 

[jrsxj98]

Never had issues with my Motto Droid. It has better call quality than my Blackberry did. Maybe you got a bad mic?

 

[jrsxj98]

Found another cool app.
Knocking Live video.

 

[YELLAHEEP]

Never had issues with my Motto Droid. It has better call quality than my Blackberry did. Maybe you got a bad mic?

Actually, this problem is all over the Motorola and Droid forums....... Tons of folks bitchin' about how cool the phone is...... except the phone function.

We're going back to Verizon Friday - if they can't come up with a perfect solution...... they'll be getting these droids back.

So far, the changes I made only seem to have enhanced the problem. I got hung up on twice because folks couldn't hear me or thought I'd dropped the call.

You'd think a company like Motorola would be on top of this issue, but they've made absolutely NO changes to this version of phone over the last year.

 

[jrsxj98]

Hmm....I read about a few of the issues. Seems like with most if the program didnt help they were bad mics. Who knows!

 

[BJL913]

Found another cool app.
Knocking Live video.

Knocking is great! I have a few friends who have iphones and it works between both platforms... pretty cool stuff!


Sorry to hear about your call quality problems! I havnt had that issue and I have been on the Droid since December... I looked into it for a bit and it seems to be a pretty recent issue with these!

 

[time2getdirty]

Actually, this problem is all over the Motorola and Droid forums....... Tons of folks bitchin' about how cool the phone is...... except the phone function.

We're going back to Verizon Friday - if they can't come up with a perfect solution...... they'll be getting these droids back.

So far, the changes I made only seem to have enhanced the problem. I got hung up on twice because folks couldn't hear me or thought I'd dropped the call.

You'd think a company like Motorola would be on top of this issue, but they've made absolutely NO changes to this version of phone over the last year.

I have had my Droid since the day they came out and I don't have any phone call issues.

I'm thinking user error! LOL

 

[YELLAHEEP]

I'm thinking user error! LOL

I wish it were that simple. The hundreds of posts on the droid forums has me convinced otherwise.

 

[Kiefer316]

It really depends on the phone. My T-mobile G1 works great (that i know of).

 

[jrsxj98]

Anybody running a rooted droid? My buddy has all the stuff to root, but im still on the fence.

 

[YELLAHEEP]

WTF is a 'rooted' droid?

Edit: Ok, so rooting seems a bit dangerous to the processor and operating system to a degree. And from what I read, it consumes a bit more battery. Some have reported overheating issues too.......

I don't think I'll mess with that. I imagine it'd affect the warranty as well.

Probably won't still have a Droid after Friday anyway. If Verizon can't fix the call quality issue, I have no use for this phone.