[Official] R2-D2 [D2] Owners Thread

[jjq224]

New to the forum, new to smartphones (previously on the VZW freebie phone)

...I'm just doing research so that I know what to expect when I get my phone. I read through this thread and it was helpful to clear up what ROMS and rooting are, but I'm not sure if I'm going to root my phone yet. I want to be able to do wireless tethering, but here is my question: is this the same as the $20/month option that you can get from VZW? If it is, and if it's legal (i'm doubtful of this), I'll just do this and save the money... why not?

Also, I think I'll be happy with the starwars themed stuff, but I could see how it could become annoying to have a clip of 'the best of R2' and that Hoth binocular app permanently taking up space on my phone. With rooting, I would be able to delete extraneous pre=loaded files, right? I'm not a dummy, so I could probably follow the instructions to root the phone... but I don't really know what I'm doing, so I'm leaning towards just leaving it stock. Also, that sucks that it makes noise every time you turn it on... but I don't think that getting rid of that would justify me risking turning my phone into a 'brick'.

1st, just by rooting your phone you have voided Verizon's TOS, so it really doesn't matter. 2nd, mastamind is right, this phone has more than enough memory on it not to worry about a few stock apps. (edited - FYI: The Best Of R2-D2 app is only 80kb and the ESB Binoculars app is only 24kb - certainly not enough to make a difference)

I've rooted my phone and use it only for wireless tethering - works like a champ, but KILLS the battery. You need to have to phone plugged in.

But as I posted before, I don't understand why someone would pay the money to buy a limited edition phone and then install a different ROM to change it all. I still have a hard time understanding that.

The noisy boot-up can be inconvenient. Apparently (and anyone who owns the R2-D2 has had it happen) the phone does reboot itself once in a while. I bought mine the day it cam out - September 30th - and it has happened only twice. But if you are in the middle of a meeting when it happens (like I was the first time), you do get some looks. However, with that being said, I wouldn't change it. About the only thing I did change is I bought the Boot Logo Changer and changed the "M" at the begging of my boot-up to the rebuilt Death Star (I had to design it - wasn't stock with the software).

Enjoy your phone and welcome to the forum.

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[prolefeedprocessor]

I want to be able to do wireless tethering, but here is my question: is this the same as the $20/month option that you can get from VZW? If it is, and if it's legal (i'm doubtful of this), I'll just do this and save the money... why not?

You're referring to creating a wifi hotspot. That's different from wireless tethering for one computer over Bluetooth. Tethering is free, wifi hotspot is not.

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[electricsheep]

You're referring to creating a wifi hotspot. That's different from wireless tethering for one computer over Bluetooth. Tethering is free, wifi hotspot is not.

Thanks. My situation is that I don't have internet at home (I know, I know...) but I want my droid to work like a modem and router so I can connect with my laptop.

So the only way to do this is with the wifi hotspot subscription if I understand correctly.

 

[mastamind]

Nope. Root ur phone and use wireless tether

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[prolefeedprocessor]

1st, just by rooting your phone you have voided Verizon's TOS, so it really doesn't matter.

As far as I know, this is false. By rooting your phone, you fall into a gray area with Motorola's warranty. It basically says that if you have a problem CAUSED BY your rooting, the warranty doesn't have to cover it. However, Moto can make an argument from ignorance apply to nearly any problem, so use caution. You can download the warranty from Motorola's website:
http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles...for the United States and Canada_04_15_08.pdf

But it's important to distinguish Moto's warranty from VZW's Terms of Service. The latter deals with your cellular service, not what you do to your device. (Although VZW is usually the one handling your Motorola warranty claims.) You'd have far greater problems if you violated VZW Terms of Service.

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[sacnotsack]

Does the R2-D2 editiond of the D2 run at 1.2 Ghz or 1.0 Ghz...stock of course? I have found info on both answers on the internet.

 

[Ecnassianer]

I have come to dispel myths.

Fact #1) The Best of R2-D2 app is just a video player that plays the 11 meg video in /system/media/, which is why it's only 80kb. Removing the video does free up a fairly hefty chunk of space. Of course, you can't remove it without rooting.


Fact #2) You can install a Droid 2 ROM on your R2-D2 ROM and keep nearly all the Star Wars software themeing. I wrote a guide about how to do it if you're interested. The only things I can't get working are two of the live wallpapers (3D Millennium Falcon and the Empire Strikes Back slideshow). I'm still experimenting with getting these to install properly.

Fact #3) If you install ADW (does this require removing MotoBlur?) you can make your R2 look even MORE star wars themed:

My girlfriend wrote a guide if you want yours to look similar:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-themes/110196-r2d2-hoth-theme-adw-pearly-white-mod.html

Fact #4) Installing Fission ROM on your R2-D2 stops it from rebooting randomly.

 

[Cooly1911]

Does the R2-D2 editiond of the D2 run at 1.2 Ghz or 1.0 Ghz...stock of course? I have found info on both answers on the internet.

1.0 Ghz stock.

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[sacnotsack]

thanks for the info cooly. i was thinking about getting one and i just like to have all the info before hand.

 

[Cooly1911]

Hey fellows, my Home and Search buttons quit working. They still vibrate when I touch them, but nothing happens. When I tap the Home twice, same thing. Two quick vibrations but no change on the screen. I'm talking about the external buttons below the screen. I even tried changing the setting for double tapping the Home button, no change.
Any ideas?

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[Mekojones]

Love this phone...chicks dig it n I'm from boogy down bronx.i ain't even a big star wars fan.but cant seem to have enough of this phone.

DROID R2D2

 

[dmartin1972]

Hello there! I would like to introduce mysef and say that I am now a proud owner of an R2D2 Droid 2 and loving it. Glad to see a thread just about this phone.

I have it rooted and running great.

I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a 2.4.5 sbf file for this phone? I would like to have one ready in case something happens. any help on this would be appreciated. thank you.

 

[Cooly1911]

Hello there! I would like to introduce mysef and say that I am now a proud owner of an R2D2 Droid 2 and loving it. Glad to see a thread just about this phone.

I have it rooted and running great.

I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a 2.4.5 sbf file for this phone? I would like to have one ready in case something happens. any help on this would be appreciated. thank you.

I'd recommend Rom Manager from ClockworkMod. You can use it to make a complete backup and then restore later if you have problems. It works well, I know. You'll also want Droid 2 Bootstrapper, this will let you boot into the bootloader.

 

[Ecnassianer]

I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a 2.4.5 sbf file for this phone? I would like to have one ready in case something happens. any help on this would be appreciated. thank you.

You can also use sbf 2.3.0 from the Droid 2 if you're just trying to survive an emergency.

 

[stonciddta]

I just got the R2D2 a week ago and I was trying to customize some items and I dont know how I did it, but here is my problem.

Camera Widget w/ Vader is gone. I went and used it to take a photo and suddenly the widget image changed to that photo, so I deleted that photo, but widget image was still the deleted photo, so I deleted the widget and tried to add it again, but now it is not allowing me to add the widget without any photos.

Was there preloaded images that I deleted for this widget? Is there a way I get download or get the Vader image back?

Just isnt the same without that image. Thanks in advance for any help, Newbie.