Question by : How do I get my Droid Eris 2 switch back 2 the original style of homescreen?
My original home screen had 3 onscreen options at the bottom of my home page. There was the “phone” option in the middle, the up arrow on the left (to access my “apps”) and the right side (I think) was the magnifying glass for the search option. This is in addition to the regular soft keys that are at the bottom of the display, but not actually on the screen itself. My daughter changed an option and now the original display is gone and I can’t seem to restore it. The new screen just has an up arrow in the middle of the page and the phone & search options are gone. Also, with this new display I only have three “pages” that I can flip through. The original home screen has something like 7 pages to flip through. If I go into my settings and select a “scene” that I created while it was in the original mode, it will not allow me to apply those scenes with the new home setting. Help! This is driving me crazy and I want my old screen back!

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Answer by =) ♥ (=
The Eris has the Android operating system and over that it has HTC “Sense” software. I had that happen on my Eris and it looked exactly like the Android operating system I had on my G1 (that doesnt have HTC Sense.) What had happened is an app I had downloaded wasnt compatiable with the verison of android on my phone and wiped the HTC software off. I had to uninstall the problem app, reset my phone and it was back to normal!

What its supposed to look like:

http://www.cellphones.ca/news/upload/2009/06/htc-sense.jpg

What I think you are experiencing!

http://the-gadgeteer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/android-g1-32.jpg

Good luck!
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Question by ninjaraymond01: How many android customers are tired from being ignored by Google, The Manufacturer, and the Provider?
Where I am getting at is: How many android owners HATE the fact that we are getting ABSOLUTELY ignored by Google, HTC/Motorola/Samsung etc and T-mobile/Verizon/Sprint? How many people have android phones that overheat like my G1? How many people have phones that the touchscreen doesn’t seem calibrated? How many of you “ANDROID” users have a phone that stopped receiving updates and support from their provider? How many are tired of the crappy ass graphics compared to other phones? How many of you guys are completely disappointed of the purchase that you made? Well I do. And FOR once in my life I would like for me to get noticed. And one more thing Google and HTC, I hope Apple wins the fight

Best answer:

Answer by Luke
I don’t think people are being ignored.

Their support could get improved but it should get better as more people use it.

What do you think? Answer below!

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Its amazing to think how far Android has come in one year. Just 12 months ago we were getting excited about T-Mobile G1 and promises that Android 1.0 holds. Forward 365 days and looking at all potential realized Motorola Droid is simply a fantastic device, and Android 2.0 makes it even more amazing. Droid is our faith in Android, re-affirmed.
But of course, no more than just a droid realize the potential of Android. How it all together? How good is the touch screen? How strong is the building? How good is a phone? Read on to find out in our full review of Motorola Droid!
Results jump to read the full review of Android Central with Verizon motorola droid!
* decided to share our Motorola Droid Review in two an overview for the equipment and review of the Android 2.0. Overview equipment is present and review the Android 2.0 will be the weekend! *
Design

What makes the device unique style droid in the world of soft curves and round shapes, is that all the bad luck Droid and clean cut. Motorola is not only designed the phone to the line, but requiring it to stand out. The construction industry is entirely from the materials(metal, glass) to the total weight of the phone(this is not light) Its all together in one of the most impressive feature in recent memory.
and we are confident that with such a bold style droid may not be for everyone. We acknowledge that the pictures look blocky and bulky, but when I saw and held for the first time, the quality shines through construction and will have a luxurious phone in their hands. We believe that most people are inclined to love the style, but if not, we certainly appreciate the artistry.

Starting with the front of the phone all robot screen. In fact, you could easily mistake this as a one plate device la iPhone 3Gs, if you do not know better. Touch-sensitive buttons on the bottom line of the screen(Back, Menu, Home, Search), and although they are nicely decorated, we can not help but think of self-adhesive solution would be a better option. There was no occasion where he accidentally hit a button that does not intend to. This is not a major problem, but certainly worth noting.
to hold the highest point for users, design-wise, it may be that the upper half of the screen of the phone is not in line with the lower half of the keyboard. Think of it as an anti-chin, actually. Its an interesting design choice, which really does not affect use in portrait mode, but slightly affected by using the phone in landscape(more about that later). We are impartial to this choice, because we believe that the phone gives you more depth and character.

back of the droid is certainly remarkable. Gold belt that gives the speaker lines Droid type of return to the past, look in the world of luxury, aluminum, plastic and chrome. Behind Droid also houses a matte finish that provides much needed traction to a sharp phone.

Droid is bigger than its predecessors Android device, and sharp corners, it does not do anything to contradict that notion(no Beard complex curves or here). Also emit rather masculine appearance, we consider to be bold and courageous. So overall, its very like the droid project. We can certainly understand those who are hesitant to call a phone that looks like a brick of glass(in a good way), beautifully decorated, but we are pleased Motorola has less traveled path in the design Droid.
Screen

This is a robot, where users simply stunned. We can not exaggerate how beautiful the screen. This is a 3.7-inch screen with a resolution of 480854, which combines vivid colors and wonderful rendering of the text. Everything seems to be crystal clear. Compared to the iPhone 3Gs 3.5-inch 320480 screen, its really not a contest the iPhone looks downright life. When we look at the screen Droid, youll wonder why this is not a new standard and therefore the phone does not have it the old screens are becoming blurred border.

And not just the resolution, so its nice big screen, because the keyboard Android software becomes more useful there. We will be honest, keyboard, software, Android is not the best soft keyboard around(we prefer to take HTC), but the screen Droid, we write only the flies. And plus, because it is more screen space overall, pulling on the keyboard still leaves plenty of room for viewing. It will not feel at all cramped.

Droid with a touch screen is also had the most flexible touchscreen on Android device. Which may be due to many causes: the touch screen is a very capable processor(iPhone 3Gs Pre and Palm have similar processors), and maybe even the Android 2.0 is optimized for high octane purposes. Unfortunately, the robot does not start with multitouch(on Verizon at least) because, well, I do not know exactly why. Multitouch touchscreen experience makes so much more intuitive, that it was virtually impossible to be mindless. IPhone has. Pre exist. Hero is(the browser). Droid should have. What is it?
Keyboard

We will be honest. There will be many people who do not love the hardware keyboard on first impression. Although the click of a great elasticity of the fine here is that the results are satisfactory, and click the layout and appearance seem to be decent enough, it even has time to get used to. The problem with the keyboard is that it is not easy to tell when a button starts and ends when the second, so fast typing is a bit muted, because in the end fasdt typinh.
But we are also honest. Were definitely improving on your keyboard hardware. Its strange to think of a hardware keyboard on a learning curve, but the keyboard is certainly Droid. Take g away and Im sure you once and youre done.

Typing is more cumbersome because of the extension bottom of the phone. Be sure to write on the G1, trying to position his hand over his chin? Its not as bad as that, but it is a similar feeling. You feel like youre overcompensating on the right side and there is slight awkwardness to the project. Just a strange choice the anti-China returns to bite us, where the beard now. Strange.
5-way D-pad is useless abroad. we think Motorola just put it there to add more Droid gold accents, because I never found a real need. Sure, its nice to get down from time to time to go through the screens of text, but we feel the touch screen is almost trumps every time. Not sure whether to eliminate the d-pad and Spacing helped keyboard keys(may be already too wide), but its worth thinking about.

touchscreen four buttons on the front of the phone are cool, but not for practical use in ordinary day in day out. When holding the phone in landscape mode, or use a soft landscape keyboard(which is amazing), or take a picture, weve accidentally hit the button was not hit. If these buttons are pressure sensitive touch panel instead there would be no problem. Also, the backlight buttons on the touch screen backlight sometimes disappear when you use the phone, which makes it really difficult to see whether the menu or hit back.
Camera, Battery Life and specifications

Droid Specifications are as follows:
3.7-inch WVGA(854480) touch screen 16:9 ARM Cortex A8 processor, 550 MHz 5-megapixel camera with dual LED flash- DVD-quality video capture and playback(720480) 16GB microSD(32GB upgrade) 3.5 mm headphone jack QWERTY keyboard 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS(Google Maps Navigator) 1400 mAh Android 2.0
Arm Cortex A8 processor really shines through and the effectiveness of the droid is extremely fast. Lets be honest, the speed bump was very much needed in Android, and we are very happy to have introduced a new processor Droid(Pre iPhone 3Gs have it). We believe that this is a new standard for smartphones and hope it pop more Android devices in the near future. Are you sure you can just put us through Snapdragon to use. As long as we can all agree not to return to the dark ages of the G1 to 1.0, we will be happy.

Other neat information on the Droid is that it uses a microUSB charger(which certainly helps a rarity) and is convenient charging light next to the microUSB port. Droid is also equipped with a discrete notification light, which severely forehead blends into the phone we were surprised when the lights up and he could not even point, when he was off. There are also two Verizon Logos, the two logos of Motorola, and one with the Google logo on the Droid fortunately all of them are quite subtle. Droid also has a 3.5 mm headphone jack, lock / unlock the power button, volume rocker and dedicated camera button theyre very well prepared.

Were going to go into much more detail compared with the full image at a later date, but at that time, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash on the Droid is well, pedestrian. Camera Specifications may oversold it for us, but we expected much better performance. The best place to use the camera outdoors in perfect weather and perfect lighting. , When you are at home, the colors start to look clean and the whole picture looks hazy, just seems to light the camera does not support properly. We do not know who to point blame, poor packaging Motorola camera or messing Google software, but anyway, we expected a lot more. Well show you guys in detail soon, but trust us just yet. Keep your point shoot around.
On the flip side, battery life is quite impressive. We were pounding on the droid and that was all the punch. Your mileage will obviously vary, but even with heavy usage(GPS, 3G, Wi-Fi, video streaming), we can easily get a full days worth without re-charging. You will not find in the Battery anemia Droid.
Phone

Its the network. We have always been AT T and T-Mobile users here on Android Central(partly because I had the best phone), which meant

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Motorola Milestone


Image by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Telus Motorola Milestone – GSM edition of the Droid compared to the Motorola G1, Apple iPhone

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PLEASE READ – PLEASE READ – PLEASE READ – PLEASE READ
***** NEW STEP ADDED****
Step number 3 has been changed, please make sure you do this, it was NOT covered in the video, I’m so sorry.. Thank you to all that have pointed this out.

Before doing anything you MUST BE ROOTED
How to root your droid

Download this file

http://downloads.sholes.info/recovery-0.99.2b.img

Follow this guide if you need extra help

http://rootyourdroid.info/guides/full-system-backup-using-nandroid/

Step 1
Download DroidRootHelper and Terminal Emulator (Jack Pelvich) Both can be found FREE in the market.

Step 2
Open DroidRootHelper, Click menu and download the TOOLS – Click on GET THE TOOLS

Step 3
After downloadin the TOOLS from DroidRootHelper, you must extract them (becuase its a zip file) to the root of the sd card. Keep the folder named TOOLS.

Step 4
Mount Mtdblock4
Install chmod Busybox
Install chmod flash_image
Flash Recovery 99.1b
Rename Recovery
Unmount System mtdblock 4
Sync
Reboot Recovery

Step 5
In recovery mode create a back up file using advanced nandroid back up, Check all boxes then click perform backup, once done use power button to cycle back out, and reboot.

Step 6
Update recovery to latest version- Copy Recovery-0.99.2b.img file to the ROOT of your SD card, you must be mounted via USB to do so. Now you can use Terminal Emulator to input the commands shown on my monitor, this will update you to the 99.2b.

Step 7
Rename the backup file you just created, mount your phone via USB, locate your backup inside the folder called Nandroid, click on the folder that says BSD-0009879- etc… right click and rename the folder to what you are comfortable with, copy that folder to your desktop or location that you want to save it to on your computer.

Step 8
Open up terminal emulator and type in commands EXACTLY like I am showing… Then reboot recovery and your done =D

Helpful links
www.androidforums.com
www.alldroid.org

Duration : 0:6:32

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PLEASE READ – PLEASE READ – PLEASE READ

This is a guide on how to go back to STOCK settings, Warning this will clear your phone of ALL data, UNLESS you have backed up via Google’s servers.

Step 1
Download this file!

http://rootyourdroid.info/files/unroot_update.zip

Step 2
Follow this guide if you need extra help

http://rootyourdroid.info/guides/unroot-back-to-stock/

Step 3
Mount USB

Step 4
DELETE any files or file that says “update.zip”

Step 5
Take the file named “unroot_update.zip” that you downloaded to your desktop and place inside the ROOT of your SD card, Once its copied to the SD card you must rename the file to “update.zip” DO NOT EXTRACT THIS FILE!

Step 6
Reboot in Recovery- Hold power and X key at the same time

Step 7
Hit install
Allow update.zip installation
install sdcard/update.zip (depreciated)

Step 8
Wipe cache partition
Wipe data/Factory Reset

REBOOT and your done!

Don’t worry you will have to resign into your Google account to get all your contacts and applications back.

-DroidReview

Duration : 0:10:57

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Hello YouTube!

Okay first off, Thank you again for all your great comments and thank you all for subscribing to my videos, this one took a bit longer to get out because of the lack of “decent” games on the market right now. I briefly went over the reason why there isn’t too many “cool” games on the Android platform yet, but hey if you want mobile gaming, go get a PSP or something. These are the games that I have been using the past few weeks, Hopefully you enjoy them as much as I do:

What the Doodle
Totemo Lite
Abduction
Frozen Bubble
Action Potato

Most of these games are very simplistic, but very entertaining and fun. Again please bear with me as I am just an amateur reviewer and don’t really have great equipment to use to make these reviews, so go easy on me =D

PS- Stay tuned for the next GAME or APPLICATION review coming soon, also be on the lookout for my next video, Tips and Tricks for the motorola droid.

Cheers

-DroidReview

Duration : 0:10:3

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