Favorite Android Apps.

My favorite right now for my moto droid are:

LauncherPro
HandcentSMS
BeautifulWidgets
ZimlyPlayer
TuneeeMusic
ShopSavvy
PhotoshopMobile
Vignette


And of course
The Duke Nukem Soundboard

 

Dinc

Wifi Tether - Pimpin
Craigsphone - Craigslist
Meebo im - IM client
Where's my droid - Send texts to your droid, make it ring or text back its location
Torque - Badass OBDII scanner
Video Player - Plays several formats off SD card
Tapatalk Pro - Surf TW
Nesoid - NES Emulator
Lamppu - Camera LED flashlight
Fishin' 2 go - Pretty fun
App Brain - manage apps on your computer
Bubble - Cool bubble level
Engadget - engadget app
HandcentSMS - Best SMS client Hands down

 

Oh I have that flashlight one too....ilove that

 

The Moto has a good one that doesn't require root. I don't think anyone has one for the Dinc yet that doesn't require root.

 

GET WOBBLE WALLPAPER ) your gunna be happy when u shake ur phone hahahha. best app ever

 

Couple questions for you gurus...

1) what does it mean and how do you "root" your droid, or in my case droid eris

2) how do you disable your regular messages program so that you only have to deal with the handcent?

 

Its in the options to disable the stock messaging notifications. Root means to gain super user access to the underlying OS. Then there are a lot of other parts of hacking the system that allow you to do more and more, but on a basic level root is just super user access.

How to root your phone is different for every phone. Some have evolved to one click applications, some are newer and require some advanced skills to do. check www.androidforums.com under the all things root section and under your specific phones section.

 

so once you root your phone, what are some of the things you can do with it? is it like jailbreaking an iphone?

 

Sort of, You can change tons of stuff, remove preinstalled apps, install wifi tethering, take screen shots, install custom recovery, install custom roms, do full system backups... there's a tons more you can do.

 

is there anything to worry about when rooting a phone?


also when does/how do i get android 2.2?

and whats froyo?

 

hmm thats cool. is it bad to do root your phone though? are there any negative things about doing it?

 

Void your warranty if you can't default it in the case of a damaged phone. I don't think Verizon really checks it though.

 

1. If you mess up, you will brick your phone.

2. Android 2.2 is Froyo and will be officially released soon. Well, except the Nexus One, I think it has already been released for NO.

3. Froyo is the build name for the latest build of Android OS. I believe Gingerbread is next.

http://www.droid-life.com/2010/05/20/android-brings-froyo-now-gingerbread-in-q4/

 

They have made rooting for the moto droid so easy now, I wouldnt worry. Then you have a custom recovery console loaded. Then with a good nandroid back up your phone is virtually unbrickable. Just follow directions and do go fooling around with things you dont know about and you will be fine. Then the sky is the limit....I'm sure there are already 2.2 roms for the moto.

 

you guys are really making the waiting process hard on my btw. hopefully my phone will come early

 

Did you get the moto or the Incredible? The incredible is much much more difficult to root right now and they have not released the recovery console. If you're familiar with Linux at all then you should have no problems doing it. See my tutorial on androidforums.com

 

incredible. i probably wont root it anyway if its going to void my warranty. plus i would probably screw it up somehow.

 

my girlfriends favorite is the dildroid

 

haha was that a joke or is that an actual app.

 

Pandora (Internet Radio)
Mileage (tracks your fuel economy, cost per mile, etc.)
BJ Penn (all MMA)
Weather Bug (weather)
Red Box Codes (free red box rental codes)