How To: Get Multitouch Browser on The Motorola Droid
y3hSteve over at AllDroid.org has a neat little replacement browser app for you to use, what’s the difference between it and the one you have? Well, only one thing; multitouch. So if you want multitouch (pinching) browsing, here’s how.
I. Before You Begin:
1. You must have root access and have ADB setup, so goto our How To Root Procedure for the Droid and make sure to do all the steps (including the Setup ADB section) and then head back over here.
*Also this supposedly also works on the 2.1 ROM that you can load after rooting here.
2. Do a Nandroid backup from the recovery screen so you can fix your phone if you mess up.
II. Replace the Browser App
1. Download the new browser files and extract  them to the tools folder inside the SDK on your computer.
New Browser
2. Plug the phone in via USB cable.
3. Open the command prompt on your computer.
4. Type the following into the command prompt with hitting enter at the end of each line:
cd/
cd AndroidSDK\tools\
*this is assuming that you follow our adb procedure, if not then replace the cd path with whatever path it is you put the SDK on your computer.
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
rm /system/app/Browser.odex
adb push libmtwebcore.so /system/lib
adb push Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk
5. All done! Enjoy!
Thanks t3hSteve
Thats completely unnecessary, just download dolphin browser from the android market (its free ). It will give you multitouch without having to root the phone*
*you may have to still root it, but I don’t think you have to. Under the app’s description it says Multi touch 4 Droid & Hero & cyanogen, and cyanogen is the only one in the list that suggests rooting is required
Robert,
I believe you do need root access for any of them, so this procedure is here for anyone that wants their original browser with multitouch instead of a different browser.
I have Dolphin Browser on my Droid with multi-touch aka pink-zoom and no Root access (Moto stock). No need for Root access for multi-touch if you using Dolphin Browser and there is even some gallery apps with multi-touch that I’m using… no Root access need it whatsoever.
Tony,
Ok great! So Dolphin Browser in the Market does the same? But is Dolphin Browser the same browser or is it totally different?
Hey,
Yes, the Dolphin Browser that is on the Market. Is a totally different browser. I set it up as my default browser. For images I use either “Imagine Multi-Touch” or “Multi-Touch Gallery”, they both support pinch-zooming.
Or xscope lite browser
free, and better than dolphin