Admit it, there is at least once in your life that you just can’t find your phone in the house, and what’s worse? It’s on silent mode. If you don’t own an Android phone with HTC sense installed, you could use some help with this free app: Where’s My Droid.
You can easily turn off the silent mode and let the phone ring loud for a certain amont of time, by sending a text message to your phone with your unique attention word (set with the app). It comes with more. Enable your GPS and if you lost your phone (not in the house or anywhere near you), send a text with a different attention word (also set by you). It will text you back the phone’s current GPS location.
If you don’t have a cell near you, open a browser and send a text via your carrier’s website. It works the same. And if you donate $1 to download the app from the market, you get an extra function – call to get your cell off client and ring loud (from the number set with the app, e.x. your landline). Otherwise, you can download the free version from here.
Oh, almost forgot to mention, you can set a password for the app, so no one can change the attention word except you!
If you have rooted your Android, which you should… these apps allow you to do a little bit more with you phone.
ShootMe
It’s not as easy as iPhone to take a screenshot (just by pressing the power and home buttons), Android comes with screenshot functionality but it needs a little assistance with a third party app.
I’ve tried a few of them for my blog posts, this is the easiest one to use. There are 3 modes: shake, shout or continuous screen cast. You can also set the quality and format of the pictures taken.
You can download it from the Android market for free, or from here.
TypeFresh
The first thing I did after I rooted my phone was changing the fonts. Without knowing about this app, I was doing all the work manually – copy the default font to a folder as backup, then find the new font in another folder, change its name to the default, finally copy it into system folder to overwrite, one by one, one reboot after another.
There is an easier way! With this app, just one click to backup all the system fonts. To change a font, click on it and direct it to the folder where the new font is, click to select, it will automatically rename, copy and overwrite. Reboot after you made all changes, if you don’t like it, change it again or restore to default with the app.
This is also free from the Android market, or you can just download it here.
