May 10, 201115 yr Author Traded in the Epic for the Nexus S today. The Nexus S is pure google awesome. One thing I would like to do is install Swype on it. Is there any (security) risk to doing this? Nope, Brent may still have a beta invite for swype if you ask, no promises. As long as you can spell, Swype is the best keyboard replacement I've found. Jealous of the Nexus S owners.
May 10, 201115 yr The Swype Beta is open so there is no problem getting it, just want to make sure it is not going to screw up my phone if I install it... or if there was some risk of it stealing information that I type like password, credit card numbers, etc.
May 10, 201115 yr Nope, Brent may still have a beta invite for swype if you ask, no promises. As long as you can spell, Swype is the best keyboard replacement I've found. Jealous of the Nexus S owners. No guarantees, but I never used mine. It MAY be associated with the e-mail address. If so, just sign up and wait, but I'll see if I can dig around to invite someone, but haven't seen it so far. Shelly, check your PM in a minute. **BRENT**
May 10, 201115 yr Hey... look at that. There was another page. Peter Rojas from gdgt (co-founder of Gizmodo and Engadget) has installed it on his Nexus S. Said it took a couple of tries, but it works. So... what kind of Quadrant scores are you gettin' with that puppy? **BRENT**
May 10, 201115 yr By the way, I am an idiot. I took the Epic back to the store without wiping it clean. The guy at the store said don't worry it will be wiped clean... and I stupidly trusted him at that moment. Now I wish I would have asked for it back to erase everything myself. Sigh. I don't think there is much I can do about it now. Don't think I had many passwords stored. I use 1password which asks for a master password and deleted that program before returning it. Also, I changed my google dropbox and bank passwords for good measure. Anything else you can think of doing?
May 10, 201115 yr Call up the store and see if they have the phone still. If they do, just social engineer your way into you seeing it again to wipe. I'm sure it happens quite a bit. Did you have a passcode or unlock "drawing" set up? If so, I'm sure they will wipe it without the possibility of even seeing anything of yours. I'd recommend setting up an unlock pattern for your phones. I can't stand the thought of someone getting into mine. **BRENT**
May 10, 201115 yr No unlock drawing/code unfortunately, it was a bit annoying to have on but I guess I will need to do that in the future. I cannot believe what an idiot I was. How will they know if my phone is still there or which one is my phone? Edited May 10, 201115 yr by shellylh
May 10, 201115 yr Author No unlock drawing/code unfortunately, it was a bit annoying to have on but I guess I will need to do that in the future. I cannot believe what an idiot I was. How will they know if my phone is still there or which one is my phone? Usually when you have had a phone activated on your line, they have a record of the ESN (hardware phone ID). It can be used to report a phone stolen, etc., but that should be able to identify it.
May 10, 201115 yr Went to the store to find out that the phone had already been sent out. I talked to the tech guy and he assured me that all phones were wiped clean before they left the store. I guess I will just have to trust him at this point.
May 13, 201115 yr Author Official netflix app works great on the Droid X on gingerbread. About damn time.
May 13, 201115 yr Official netflix app works great on the Droid X on gingerbread. About damn time. How? Also, would still love advice on the whole unroot, OTA update business.
May 13, 201115 yr https://market.android.com/details?id=com.netflix.mediaclient Doesn't work for all Android phones yet, but some HTC work and the Nexus S works. **BRENT**
May 13, 201115 yr Can you even watch full movie on battery power? I installed Skype on the Nexus S and it works well. Should I be worried about passwords or other important information being saved in some giant Swype dictionary or being at risk? I guess I can just use Swype for everything but important stuff. Edited May 13, 201115 yr by shellylh
May 13, 201115 yr Uhmmm.... maybe? I tried to download earlier today, it said "1-5 downloads". Now it's 10,000-50,000. Oh well, I tried. I'm pretty sure you can get a full 2 hour movie on a charge, but I don't know how much battery you'd have left. **BRENT**
May 13, 201115 yr https://market.android.com/details?id=com.netflix.mediaclient Doesn't work for all Android phones yet, but some HTC work and the Nexus S works. **BRENT** no go on the droid x.
May 14, 201115 yr no go on the droid x. Scott got it working. Is yours still rooted? I think it wasn't working on rooted, but someone found a workaround. Let us know. **BRENT**
May 14, 201115 yr Czech it: http://lifehacker.com/5801720/how-to-install-netflix-on-almost-any-android-device **BRENT**
May 14, 201115 yr I'll try that later, for some reason even with "Unknown Sources" checked I can't direct download either of those to my phone. And yes, I'm still rooted and running Liberty. From what I read Moto pushed by the official Ginger update at least two weeks so there's no reason to un-root and be stuck with the awful stock OS again. [edit] Just downloaded it via laptop, dragged it onto the phone and shazzam, Netflix.
May 14, 201115 yr I'll try that later, for some reason even with "Unknown Sources" checked I can't direct download either of those to my phone. And yes, I'm still rooted and running Liberty. From what I read Moto pushed by the official Ginger update at least two weeks so there's no reason to un-root and be stuck with the awful stock OS again. [edit] Just downloaded it via laptop, dragged it onto the phone and shazzam, Netflix. Awesome, Nate. Shall I recommend "ThanksKilling" as your inaugural viewing? **BRENT**
May 15, 201115 yr My wife left her Incredible on the train. Any suggestion of an Android phone that can be had for not too much money that will work with Verizon. Does not need to be bleeding edge, just good enough to work in a pinch.
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