MrPicolas, Author at Droid Life

Ask Dr. Root: Is it possible to Remap Buttons?

MrPicolas December 2, 2010 22

Hello kiddies, hope you had a good holiday! Since it tis the season to be giving, what better way than to hit you with a new app to help those of you with multiple Android devices. As I was browsing XDA, I came across this handy little app that lets you...

Review: Schlage Home Security Android App

MrPicolas November 17, 2010 44

Many of you know the name Schlage and chances are that you see the name everyday as they are an industry leader in home security products. During my time as contractor I had the opportunity to install many of their products which have always been of the...

Ask Dr. Root: Recovering Deleted or Missing Pictures

MrPicolas November 10, 2010 39

Dr. Root, My phone deleted all my pictures. What can I do? I ran into this problem myself recently and thought that I was out of luck, but thanks to a wonderful themer WEBST3R, I was able to recover over 4,000 images that had been deleted off my SD card....

Ask Dr. Root: Themed App Upgrade Problems, Home Screen Re-Draws

MrPicolas November 2, 2010 62

Dr. Root, I am running a custom ROM and can't upgrade my apps in the market. What gives? Here's the deal, all custom ROMs are different and when they are put together some of the apps you want to upgrade are not able to be upgraded because they are pre-...

Download: Droid Life Themed LauncherPro

MrPicolas October 26, 2010 64

Well thanks to a very nice themer (Signals23) over at XDA, we now have our very own Droid Life version of LauncherPro. We have shown his work here on DL before, but this one deserves some special recognition. Signals23 is responsible for many of the themed...

Ask Dr. Root: How to Theme Notification Items Using MetaMorph

MrPicolas October 21, 2010 47

Dr. Root, I love my theme but if I could change just a couple of notification items it would be perfect. Please help! *FOR ROOTED USERS ONLY (instructions) *Please make a backup before proceeding. (As always this comes with risk. Droid Life is not responsible...

Ask Dr. Root: The Top Apps for Rooted Devices

MrPicolas October 11, 2010 64

I was gonna dive deep into the world of modding this week, but thought with the growing population of readers rooting and wondering where to go from there I'd go back to basics. With that being said, let's cover some essential root apps that will make your...

The T-Mobile G2, this is not the (An)Droid you are looking for (Updated)

MrPicolas October 6, 2010 68

Recently, my good friends at T-mobile let me have about an hour and a half to play with the new G2 from HTC, so I wanted to give you the lowdown from a Droid user perspective. The phone itself has a nice size to it, and the keyboard layout is also very easy to...