Verizon Tech here - ask away!

[Backnblack]

I've a question about wallpaper... With this wonderful's 3 screen ability, why can't we capture a picture in a panoramic way, especially if it's a panoramic picture.

the option to capture a pic for your wallpaper is soo limited/constrained to a square shape. Is this possibly something that will be adjusted going forward?

I'm told there's a way to put a separate picture on each window but I don't know how to do that just yet... in the meantime, would you give me the steps on how to do that?

Thanks and again--welcome.

ohh and if I've repeated a question I apologize... still trying to catch up on information posted here... (so much happens in so many places so quickly...)

The square your are referring to is to crop the pic...touch it and drag it to the full extent that you want to see. It will stop at it's limits.

The background is One image....No way (unless a Home app can do it) to do that with the native home screens....

[l3reak]

Hey everyone,

I just purchased a Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless. Does anyone know of any software for it that plays AVI files and MPEG's??? I've been looking everywhere. I wish VLC Media Player worked on it. VLC media player plays just about all codecs and file extensions... PLEASE HELP...

Sincerely

leatherneck111@hotmail.com

The extension isn't really the issue, it's the type of video inside the file that counts. For instance, a .avi file could be divx, xvid or any other number of video types that Android just won't handle. Basically, it has to be h263 or h264, wmv, mpeg-4 or 3gp. If you have divx or xvid files that you want to watch on your DROID you'll want to convert them to h264 format, with a .mp4 file extension (although the extension itself doesn't matter so long as it's h264, so if you have a .m4v you can tell Android to open it with your video player and it will play). Handbrake is a good free program for this, but there are others. Look around for a good Handbrake guide.

[lalibert]

One more question viper, I have been having issues with the virtual keyboards, there are times when I try typing but nothing will be enter but the keyboard still acts normal. Even if i exit the program it still doesn't the only way to get it to work is to kill the app. Please help thanks

[nbajam]

<how many/what type of pics do I have?>

I have about 20-25 pictures, all of which were taken from the camera except for 1 .JPG. No idea what format the camera saves in, I'd imagine either PNG or JPG.

[Scottyrocket]

Hello again Viper,

As I use my phone more and more I start to experience some of the other problems that people are reporting here. I have started getting the horrible call quality, which has never happened to me until a day or so ago. Now it seems to be every 3rd call or so. It is so bad that I cannot concentrate on what the other person is saying because I am hearing what I said a few seconds before in a terrible gadget sounding echo. I am going to do a battery pull, *228-2, and try again for a day or two. If this keeps up it will be my first MAJOR problem with the phone. Also, I started using the camera, both still and video, just to see how they work and to try and capture some family moments. Santa came through the neighborhood yesterday in a fire engine. I recorded the whole thing on video camera mode. I went to review it and the phone plays about a second of the video and the picture freezes and the audio continues... When the audio reaches the end of the clip, an error message pops up that says "This video cannot be played." All 8 clips do the exact same thing when reviewed on the phone. I mounted the phone to the Mac and watched the videos there and they played as they should, except that there are parts that are digitized and and unviewable for a second or two. Maybe the SD card?? No idea on this one. Lastly, the still picture quality is horrible... All of my still pictures are so blurry. I tried wiping the lens and making sure I hold the camera very still and the quality did not change. I looked through all the settings and did not find anything to help. I tried with flash on, off, and auto... no difference. I have heard complaints about picture quality and that the update was supposed to fix this, but I am still struggling with it. It almost seems as if the shutter is staying open for too long. I think I will take it in and show a tech the pics to see what they think. Anyone else have a suggestion out there? At this point, the camera is useless to me with those kind of pictures. Lastly, I noticed today that when I add an event to Google calendar online, it does not sync to the phone right away. I went the the sync control area of the phone and looked for settings but found none for sync frequency. I added an event at 10am and the sync said it had not been performed since 0430 am. I had hoped it would sync more often. OK, that is all I have for now. Hopefully there are some answers out there somewhere. Thanks again everyone for the help that is provided to us newbies. Congrats Viper on the Mod position.

[bhall]

Is the Droid capable of sending a voice message (voice message sent directly to voicemail)? I don't see this option under contacts, messaging or Google Voice.

[Backnblack]

Is the Droid capable of sending a voice message (voice message sent directly to voicemail)? I don't see this option under contacts, messaging or Google Voice.

There's an app for that....cant think of the name...but there is a thread on here about it.

[Whitefish]

Simple question... How on Earth do I set my Moto Droid so there's a reminder beep when I have a voice and/or text message? Can't seem to find this anywhere!!! Thanks!

[JessiesGirl]

Simple question... How on Earth do I set my Moto Droid so there's a reminder beep when I have a voice and/or text message? Can't seem to find this anywhere!!! Thanks!

Handcent (free app) allows this for text messages. Not sure how you would set it up for voice.

[Whitefish]

I appreciate the info on the app for a reminder beep for waiting text messages. Of even more importance of course, is a reminder for missed calls and/or waiting voice mails. Help!!!!