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I never thought I’d root my Motorola Droid. The typical reasons for doing so, such as creating tethering (serving as a wireless access point for a computer) and overclocking didn’t appeal much to me. What finally pushed me over the fence to the rooting side, though, was when Google released Android 2.1. I really wanted [...]

This morning I updated my Motorola Droid to Android 2.1, using a custom ROM. You have to root your phone first, which isn’t actually that big a deal. Check out this forum thread for instructions and download links for Adam Z’s Smoked Glass ROM v6.0.1. After downloading the ROM, be sure to rename it so [...]

As many of my friends and Twitter followers know, I rushed out to buy the Motorola Droid—the new Android phone that works on the Verizon Wireless network—on the morning it was released. I love the phone, and planned that day to write a review of it.
This phone is so popular, and was covered so much [...]