January 2011
Beginner to intermediate
384 pages
15h 36m
English
Content preview from Droid X: The Missing Manual
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Applications
From here you can manage and uninstall apps, control services running in the background, and more:
Unknown sources. With the Droid X, you can find and install software not just through the Market, but in other ways as well, such as by downloading it from the Web. Turn on this option if you want to install apps from anywhere, not just the Market. If you’re very concerned about safety, turn off the box, since the Market checks apps for malware.
Manage applications. This option lets you uninstall apps, manage them, force them to stop running, and more. Tap it, and a list appears of all the apps on your Droid X, in four categories: Downloaded (all apps you’ve downloaded), Running (those apps that are currently running), All (apps preinstalled on your Droid X as well as apps you’ve downloaded), and On SD Card (apps you’ve moved to your SD card). Tap any category to see the list of apps, and then tap an app that you want to manage in some way.
Note
In the Downloaded category, you may see some apps that were preinstalled on the Droid X, such as Maps. They show up in the Downloaded category because you’ve installed updates to them.
When you tap an app, you come to a screen full of information about it—its size, how much data it uses, the version number, and so on. Tap Uninstall to remove ...
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