Motorola DROID Guides

[shahmiBro]

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[shahmiBro]

How To Hard Reset The Motorola DROID

• Power down the DROID by holding the power button and then selecting Power Off
• Hold the "X" key on the keyboard and turn the power back on, keep holding down the "X" key until you see a yellow triangle icon.
• Now close the slider and simultaneously press the Volume Up and Camera buttons (you may have to do this a few times)
• A menu will appear and one of the choices will be "wipe data/factory reset" -- use the direction pad on they keyboard to select this option
• Scroll down using the direction pad to the "yes" option and select it with the d-pad select key

Your Motorola DROID will now be wiped clean of all data and settings, with the exception of the data stored on the microSD card.

[shahmiBro]

How To Configure IMAP & POP3 Email Accounts On Motorola DROID

Setting up IMAP and POP3
Setting up IMAP and POP3 both follow the same method as described in this guide. Therefore, for the purposes of avoiding redundancy and implementing convenience, only POP3 will be mentioned along the way.

• Begin by turning on the phone and opening the application menu.
• Tap on the email icon.
• When prompted, enter the email and password and then hit next.
• On the side, there should be the following choices:
  1. POP3 Account
  2. IMAP Account
  3. Exchange Account
• Select POP3 Account.
• Enter the username, password, POP3 server and port where it is requested. The POP3 server will probably look something like pop3.domain.com by default.
• By clicking security type, another menu should come up listing various security options. Select between None, SSL and TLS.
• Another option is to select when to delete emails in the server. The two options are Never and When I Delete From Inbox.
• Tap Next.
• Enter the STMP outgoing settings. This will consist of the SMTP server, port, as well as the same security options again.
• Be sure to check Require Sign-In if the email requires signing in in order to compose and send an email.
• Determine how often the Droid should check for new mail and check off to be notified when it arrives.
• Lastly, simply provide a name for the account.With this, email will begin to synchronize. By going into Account Settings, some things may be edited, such as the following:

1. Account name
2. Your name
3. Email check frequency
4. Default account (make the current account the default email account on your DROID)
5. Email notifications
6. Select Ringtone
7. Vibrate
8. Incoming settings (to modify IMAP or POP3 server settings)
9. Outgoing settings (to modify SMTP server settings)

[shahmiBro]

How To Setup Up Exchange Email, Calendar & Contact Sync on Motorola DROID

The Motorola Droid contains a number of features and is known for its convenient and helpful office capabilities, such as Microsoft exchange based email, a calendar and synchronization of contacts. Despite its basis on Google services, it is indeed possible to set up Microsoft exchange based services. This article aims to provide simple instructions that anybody could follow with ease.

Setting up Exchange Mail, Contact Sync and Calendar

The basic email application that is already present on the Droid will set up these services very simply.

• Open the application menu by tapping the upward arrow.
• Tap the email icon towards the bottom of the list.
• Enter the email and password and continue.
• Three options should be listed on the side: POP3 account, IMAP account and Exchange Account.
• Select Exchange Account.
• Prompting for a Domain/Username, Password and Exchange Server Information should arise. Enter in all the information. The Exchange Server Info would typically be, for example, the syntaxname@company.com
• Also remember to check the box next toUse Secure Connection (SSL)
• Continue configuring the remaining options as desired. These options should be how often the email is checked, the amount that should be synchronized, to sync contacts from the account in question and whether or not to notify the user when new mail arrives.
• Assign an account name if desired.
• Assign a display name for the email account.
• Tap Done.

If all of the credentials were entered correctly, the email and contacts should synchronize immediately. Emails will show up in the inbox immediately. In this section, more options can be changed if desired. Simply tap the Menu icon, which is directly left of the icon labeled Home. Then tap Account Settings. Options that may be changed are as follows:

1. .Account name
2. Your name
3. Email check frequency
4. Amount to synchronize
5. Default account if desired
6. Email notifications
7. Select ringtone
8. Vibrate
9. Incoming settings to modify server settings
10. Sync contacts

[shahmiBro]

How To Sync iTunes With The Motorola Droid

Here are the instructions:

• Download and install the iTunes Agent program.
• After it is installed, the application should run in the background and be indicated by the tray on the bottom by the clock.
• Connect the Motorola Droid to the computer using a USB cord and mount it.
• Proceed to create a folder labeled “Music” or anything that is desired.
• Right click the icon in the tray to open the iTunes Agent program and proceed to click Preferences.
• Do not touch anything in the settings and instead click New.
• Give the device any name desired. For the purposes of the guide, the device will be simply named DROID.
• The “synchronize to” option should remain set to iTunes.
• Proceed by clicking the Choose button and then the Music folder created on the DROID.
• Then click the Create button, followed by the Music folder created on the DROID.
• Click Save, then Close.

Launch iTunes, upon which a playlist folder should be listed, called My Devices. Under this should be the name DROID. Simply by dragging any song from the main library over to the DROID playlist, the song will be synchronized to the Motorola Droid.Lastly, after setting up the playlist, simply right click the iTunes tray icon and choose to Synchronize Devices, upon which the Motorola Droid will have its own playlist of iTunes music.

[shahmiBro]

How To Use The Google Voice Search Application

Using the Google Voice Search application is simple and easy, even for those who are not as technologically advanced. As long as these steps are followed, it is impossible to go wrong when using this voice search application for the Droid phone.

• In order to start the Google Voice Search application, you will need to find the magnifying glass that is at your Droid’s home screen. Since the Droid phone has a touch screen, all you need to do is press this button. The magnifying glass will take you to the Google Search bar.
• After you have gone to the Google Search bar, try to find the microphone icon. Press this icon using the touch screen.
• From here you will be asked to speak. In order to use the voice search application correctly you will have to say “Call”, then the name of your contact.
• If you speak clearly and the application understands you, it will begin to call the contact you asked for. Be sure to speak clearly because if you do not, you will be misunderstood and left feeling frustrated.

[shahmiBro]

How To Use the Voice Dialer Application

The Voice Dialer Application has already been stored on your Droid phone. It is safe to say that this is the original application for voice dialing. Because of this, it has been built specifically to match your Droid phone. This application is easier to use than the Google Voice Search application.

• Unfortunately, it is not on the home page of your phone, and you will need to search for it. It will be under the “Applications” menu.
• After you have opened your Droid’s Voice Dialer Application, you will need to say “Call” and the name of your contact.

This is slightly different from the Google Voice Search application. After you speak your commands you will be shown a list of contacts that were similar to the contact that you named. This application will save you more time than you would save if you were using the Google Voice Search Application. Instead of calling the contact it thought you said, the Droid’s Voice Dialer application gives you a list.

[shahmiBro]

How To Setup USB Tethering With The Motorola Droid

What you need before you get started:

• Motorola USB Drivers for DROID
• Tethering Software known as PDANet ($29)

Step I:

• Tap the upward pointing arrow on the DROID's home screen to get to the app menu
• Tap the Settings icon
• Tap Applications
• Tap Development
• Check the box for USB debugging

Step II:
Install the PDANet software on both your PC and DROID -- when installed on the desktop, it should automatically install the USB driver for you but if it doesn’t, you will have to use the driver you downloaded above.

• Connect your DROID to your PC via USB, then launch PDANet on your device
• Click on "Turn PDANet On" on the DROID
• Right-click the PDANet icon in the taskbar on your PC, then click Connect

The DROID is now tethered and can be used for high speed wireless internet access on your PC.

[shahmiBro]

How To Update Motorola DROID OS from A MAC Or PC

Here are the instructions:

• Download the latest compatible Android OS to your desktop (right now the latest is version 2.1, check here)
• Right-click the downloaded ZIP file and rename it to "update.zip" (no quotes)
• Connect your DROID to your PC or Mac using the data cable and put the phone in mass storage mode
• Once your DROID appears as a drive, drag the update.zip file to the root directory of your memory card
• Unmount your DROID, disconnect the data cable and turn the phone off
• While holding the "X" key on the DROID's keypad, turn your phone back on (this will enter recovery mode)
• Once an exclamation point within a triangle appears on the screen, press the camera button half way down and press the volume-up key simultaneously
• Highlight “apply update.zip” and press the select key on the directional pad to begin installing the update
• Once the update has been installed, reboot your DROID

You now have a freshly updated Motorola DROID with the latest version of the Android OS.

[jennyjohn]

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