Uses for Deactivated Droid X

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I have a Nexus now as my primary phone, and now the Droid X just sits around if I need a backup phone. I was using it as a simple browser when the Nexus was hooked up to the TV streaming movies, but now I have a tablet that does that function. I looking for uses for the phone.

1. Thought of using it exclusively as a camera since its still a half way decent 8MP, does anyone know of any functions to add to it or a ROM that is exclusively a camera function?
2. Threw Liberty, Gummy, and ICS on it, but other then teaching me how to Root and flash ROMS on it I don't have any other uses for it.

So I'm looking for other suggestions?

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How can you use a deactivated X? I just bought one and I want to root it and mess with it before I activate it, but I forgot how to get it on. Can you just turn it on? I thought you had to press all four corners or something? Sorry to thread jack.

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Ya... You have to tap the four corners of the screen in a clockwise manner starting with the top left corner

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Do I touch the four corners when it is off? And if I do a factory data reset, do I have to activate it to get it back on, or can I get around that?

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Do I touch the four corners when it is off? And if I do a factory data reset, do I have to activate it to get it back on, or can I get around that?

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No at the screen where you are asked to sign-in via a Google account you tap all four corners of the screen starting with the top left.

If you do a factory re set this is how you bypass the initial setup.

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I can't get past the activate phone screen. I don't want to activate it. I just did a factory reset

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I can't get past the activate phone screen. I don't want to activate it. I just did a factory reset

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When the phone starts up... And you see the Android dude... You just have to tap the four corners if the screen

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To see exactly how it is supposed to work you can try and find a video of someone doing it on YouTube. I know there used to be several available, have not checked lately though.

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Got it working. I'm on it right now. Thanks for the help! Time to root and put Liberty on it

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iDroid (ipod music player)
Dedicated GPS with a third party GPS app (downloaded maps direct to SDCard)

I thought about the Music player, I'll have to look into a new Micro SD card for the phone. Thanks

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