For those of you who want to wifi tethering mobile hotspot functionality, you can either use Verizon’s $20/month Mobile Hotspot feature OR you can also root your Droid X then install the 3rd party app Android WiFi Tether.
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For those of you who have a hard time following directions, I’ve rooted the Droid X phone myself last night and posted a more detailed, step-by-step instructions at our new blog DroidXHacks.com.
Also, I’ve documented the process, although I’ve failed during the middle of the video, it should help you get a better idea of how to root the Droid X:
Droid X has now been “officially” rooted, for those of you who want to root your Droid X, head over to our forum where we’ve posted directions!
We will have a further step-by-step video instructions later on this for people who are new at this.
Looks like we will no longer donations for rooting the Droid X, and all speculations
When I first got my Android smartphone (which was a Nexus One), it took me 3 months before I realized how to switch between apps. This is actually rather simple but many of you might still not know how to do it.
To switch between apps, you can just hold down the Home button and a screen should pop up with all the running apps.
(Like this, that wasn’t so hard was it?)
For those of you who like the HTC Evo 4G and HTC Droid Incredible’s keyboard, you can now install it on your Droid X.
First, download AndroZip from Market, which you will need to download a zip file.
Second, download this zip file, unzip, and open up HTC_IME_Clicker.apk. Install and Press Done.
If you haven’t installed any 3rd party apps before it will ask you to check “Unknown sources” so check that.
Next, also open up HTC_IME_themed_by_gIMpST.a
A lot of people have been e-mailing how to activate/access the Swype keyboard on the Droid X as it doesn’t come with it activated.
However, the Swype keyboard is actually there, you just need to make sure “Swype” is checked under Settings->Language & Keyboard->Input Method.
Thanks to our forum member riverd00d for pointing that out!
We will probably see a slew of DIY, handcrafted Droid X stands on the upcoming months but for those of you who must have one now, here’s a cool DIY Droid X stand all made from wire hanger. It should be pretty easy to do if you’ve stolen cars before.
Some of you may want to play with other free/paid keyboards on the Android Market. Well, when I first got my Android smartphone, it took me several hours before I figured out how to change keyboards.
First, download the keyboard you’d like to use from the market.
Once that’s installed, head over to Settings->Keyboard and make sure your new keyboard is checked ON.
After that, you can do a long-press on any “text” such as the browser URL bar and you should be able to change keyboards to your liking.
That’s it!
For those of you who have dissected your Droid X, here’s a video I took showing how to assemble it back into working fashion.
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UPDATE: The Assembly guide for the dissected Droid X is now available as a YouTube video!
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