Recent content by twcowdery

I'm sure that this has been asked and answered, but I haven't been able to find it. I've had an original Nook Color for a few years. I ran CM7 from a SD card on it for about a year when I first got it. But once I got a 10 inch tablet, I took out the SD card and just used it as a Nook...

My phone has started acting strangely within the last couple of weeks. The problems go away (for awhile) when I reboot, but I'm having to reboot multiple times a day! The main problem is the phone becomes partially unresponsive. By partially, I mean that I can generally open and close apps...

In my file manage I notice two folders related to USB. One says usbdrive and the other says usb_storage. When I plug in a usb flash drive, the files show up under usb_storage only. usbdrive remains empty. What is usbdrive for? A usb hard drive maybe? Sadly, I don't have one that I could...

Has anyone had any success using a usb hub with the a500 or a501? I tried using two usb flash drives, but it will only read one drive at a time. I have NOT tried a usb drive and another type of device because I don't have any other usb devices to try. Thanks Tom Disclaimer: I actually have...

If you could go back in time, would you buy a Droid 2 again? My wife and I are on Page Plus because we are very LIGHT users of the phone/text/data services. But we do rely on the PDA portion of our smartphones quite heavily. I've got a Droid X, and she has a Samsung i760. She'd stick with...

Last summer I followed the excellent directions posted by koopakid08 and I have been running Android on my Nook since then. But recently, I started to wonder about upgrading the OS. I imagine that there have been improvements, and I see there is now a CM9 (I'm on CM 7). So my question is -...

I'm on Page Plus, not Verizon, so I really never expected to get the OTA Gingerbread update. Then yesterday, my phone downloaded a very large update that required an reboot. When it came back up, I could see that the color scheme on the status bar and menus had changed. I checked the About...

I broke down and bought a NC and I'm running Android off of an SD card. But the performance is sloooow and balky. When it isn't freezing up for a bit, it is acting odd. For example, I can open Angry Birds, but I can't play it because it interprets pulling back on the slingshot as zooming. I...

I've read several threads about dual-booting the NC with various renditions of Android - including Honeycomb. I don't doubt that it can be done, but is it really useable?

I've only had my X for a little less than 2 months but I've been following the discussions regarding the GB upgrade and from what I can read, I don't see any clear-cut reason to upgrade. The only certain benefit that I see to upgrading is being able to sort contacts by their last name. The...

I've been searching like crazy to find an app or widget that will show a count on how many voicemails I have waiting. I've found (and installed )similar stuff for SMS, missed calls and GMail - but not voicemail. Surely something like this exists - right? I've used every combination I can...

Mostly a question born out of curiosity. I've read about Blur on the Motorola's and Sense on the HTC's, but since my X is my first Android phone, I don't know what the difference is between the Blur skin and the stock skin. TIA PS: I've done some searching, but the posts I found were only...

Read through several threads regarding extended batteries, and calibrating the battery meter. One in particular mentioned a battery calibration app in the market. All of them talk about charging to 100% while off - then turning the phone on running the battery down and charging again. My...