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Anytime :)

You must do all of that with Lollipop too ;)

For LP 5.0 use Sdk21
For LP 5.1 use Sdk22
For MM 6.0 use Sdk 23

And thank you for your kind words @Ohmster :)

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Oh yeah, that's right. I forgot about Lollipop but it is true. Lollipop was somehow a lot easier to me than Marshmallow was to setup the way I wanted. It is done now and working quite well. So many people had root issues with losing WiFi on Marshmallow. I had it to when I flashed the wrong Marshmallow rom and reverted back to Lollipop. That was much easier to fix then when it happens on Marshmallow. So I make sure to create a virgin backup of Marshmallow as soon as I have recovery installed and I have had the need to use it, too!

Anytime my friend. Cheers! :)
 
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Most Awesome Email app...

Award for Most Awesome Email app for Android goes to @sherri for pointing out BlueMail. I tried using the Gmail app and some other ones, always something wrong with it. I was using WiseMail but after seeing messages in combined inbox, I would go back and see "No Messages" and that is not going to work for me. This BlueMail does it all, custom sounds, custom looks, custom features, and the best thing? The app automatically configures the settings for every account I have! I always have to configure my own domain email myself because it uses a unknown server but blue got it right anyway. Must have a database of any Godaddy servers and figures it out. Cool!

Thanks Sherri! :highfive:
 
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I want to thank everyone for the help you've given me over the past few years when upgrading my XT912. This past week I'd just re-installed Xposed on my KitKat stock slot and had things configured...when the phone I'd wanted went on sale. I'm now an MXPE owner (64GB installed memory) and, so far, am liking the phone. So I'm putting the XT912 away and moving over to the MXPE-based forums. It's been nice working with you and, as you upgrade, I hope I'll see you around!
 
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I want to thank everyone for the help you've given me over the past few years when upgrading my XT912. This past week I'd just re-installed Xposed on my KitKat stock slot and had things configured...when the phone I'd wanted went on sale. I'm now an MXPE owner (64GB installed memory) and, so far, am liking the phone. So I'm putting the XT912 away and moving over to the MXPE-based forums. It's been nice working with you and, as you upgrade, I hope I'll see you around!
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Whoopiee! Another MXP SOLD! Man that is a LOT of us going over to the Pure and it is a very fine phone. No rom for it but with unlock, TWRP, Root, Nova Prime, and Xposed, what more do you need? Excellent purchase, bra. Welcome to the club! :highfive:
@d.casper.b are you going to break down and join the rest of us? :confused:
 
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I want to thank everyone for the help you've given me over the past few years when upgrading my XT912. This past week I'd just re-installed Xposed on my KitKat stock slot and had things configured...when the phone I'd wanted went on sale. I'm now an MXPE owner (64GB installed memory) and, so far, am liking the phone. So I'm putting the XT912 away and moving over to the MXPE-based forums. It's been nice working with you and, as you upgrade, I hope I'll see you around!
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I wish you all the best with your new phone :)

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@d.casper.b are you going to break down and join the rest of us? :confused:
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Well, actually I'm still just using the RAZR until I know what I want.
I've really been looking at my options, and actually sort of ruled out the Moto X PE (or rather the "Style" which is the GSM version). But I don't really have a proper explanation as to why I ruled it out. And now with your post, you really had me thinking. And, come to think of it, if I do get anything else, I really don't know if I'll be happy knowing it's not a Motorola. So now I'm again leaning even closer to this Moto X.

The only other phones I actually considered was the Huawei Nexus 6P (but it's expensive in comparison). Then, I looked even closer at the Xiaomi Mi5 which will probably cost around the same as the Moto X. But it's just been released and so I don't know if or when we'll get it in my country. But specs are looking fantastic from what I can see. It does obviously run MIUI, but I know there will be other ROMS which are more AOSP-like that it'll get - although MIUI is quite a nice ROM itself.

Now, going back to the Moto X - I can get the 32GB and use an SD card - with the others, there is no SD card and must then splash out for a 64/128GB version. So I guess, the Moto X is probably the best choice for me. Will I miss out on a fingerprint reader? Yes. Do I need one? No.

LED - I don't even know if any of these phones have an LED....I really will miss it! I just like being able to change it's colours and what not. I doubt it, but does your Moto have one - maybe in the earpiece or something? EDIT: seems there is an LED in the earpiece, but it's used only for a dead battery - when you charge but the screen doesn't go on, the LED should go on to indicate a charge.

Currently I'm short by about $50USD for the Moto X, but that's close enough!

Hmm...but wouldn't mind the Moto X Force, pity it's a lot more cash.
 
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Well, actually I'm still just using the RAZR until I know what I want.
I've really been looking at my options, and actually sort of ruled out the Moto X PE (or rather the "Style" which is the GSM version). But I don't really have a proper explanation as to why I ruled it out. And now with your post, you really had me thinking. And, come to think of it, if I do get anything else, I really don't know if I'll be happy knowing it's not a Motorola. So now I'm again leaning even closer to this Moto X.

The only other phones I actually considered was the Huawei Nexus 6P (but it's expensive in comparison). Then, I looked even closer at the Xiaomi Mi5 which will probably cost around the same as the Moto X. But it's just been released and so I don't know if or when we'll get it in my country. But specs are looking fantastic from what I can see. It does obviously run MIUI, but I know there will be other ROMS which are more AOSP-like that it'll get - although MIUI is quite a nice ROM itself.

Now, going back to the Moto X - I can get the 32GB and use an SD card - with the others, there is no SD card and must then splash out for a 64/128GB version. So I guess, the Moto X is probably the best choice for me. Will I miss out on a fingerprint reader? Yes. Do I need one? No.

LED - I don't even know if any of these phones have an LED....I really will miss it! I just like being able to change it's colours and what not. I doubt it, but does your Moto have one - maybe in the earpiece or something? EDIT: seems there is an LED in the earpiece, but it's used only for a dead battery - when you charge but the screen doesn't go on, the LED should go on to indicate a charge.

Currently I'm short by about $50USD for the Moto X, but that's close enough!

Hmm...but wouldn't mind the Moto X Force, pity it's a lot more cash.
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What say @d.casper.b!

Yeah, the Moto X Pure is a great deal now. Price has come down over $50 at Amazon. You get the large screen, external sdcard, and oodles of memory. Good deal? For sure. Great specs? You bet!

If you are within $50, you can make it happen. I did get a Nexus 6 for a friend who wanted a great phone. It is very nice, not "dirt cheap" but you can afford it, does not have removable sdcard. My friend does not root, rom, or do much, so this is great for her.

There is always going to be nice phones, Casper, but the MXP is really, really nice, best I have seen in quite some time, and will remain on top of charts for quite a bit of time. For me, it was the best bang for the buck, and for you too, if you go for it. We have already done the hard work in finding out how to unlock it, install recovery, and root it. Install Xposed and Nova Prime. No rom for it but what do you need one for with all that stuff going for you? Your choice my friend, but there is about ½ a dozen of use from right here that took the plunge and we have mapped out this phone. We can help you too if you take the MXP. Make sure to get the Pure Edition, not some watered down crap!

Moto X Force has a smaller screen, NO external sdcard. See Moto X Force Specs and compare against Moto X Pure specs.

Hope to hear some good news in the upcoming months from you my friend. ;)
 
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What say @d.casper.b!

Yeah, the Moto X Pure is a great deal now. Price has come down over $50 at Amazon. You get the large screen, external sdcard, and oodles of memory. Good deal? For sure. Great specs? You bet!

If you are within $50, you can make it happen. I did get a Nexus 6 for a friend who wanted a great phone. It is very nice, not "dirt cheap" but you can afford it, does not have removable sdcard. My friend does not root, rom, or do much, so this is great for her.

There is always going to be nice phones, Casper, but the MXP is really, really nice, best I have seen in quite some time, and will remain on top of charts for quite a bit of time. For me, it was the best bang for the buck, and for you too, if you go for it. We have already done the hard work in finding out how to unlock it, install recovery, and root it. Install Xposed and Nova Prime. No rom for it but what do you need one for with all that stuff going for you? Your choice my friend, but there is about ½ a dozen of use from right here that took the plunge and we have mapped out this phone. We can help you too if you take the MXP. Make sure to get the Pure Edition, not some watered down crap!

Hope to hear some good news in the upcoming months from you my friend. ;)
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Thanks @Ohmster . I've been leaning toward this phone a lot more, so chances are, I'll probably get it in the next few months. I just hope black will come back in stock with the store as I think I'd prefer it over white.
But for now, marshmallow doing quite nicely on this old RAZR.

I can't get the pure edition (XT1575), but the style (XT1572) is the European version with the same specs - just like we have with the XT910 & XT912. And they share the same forums.
Actually, looking over at those forums I see there are ROMs out for it.
Not that I'm eager to ROM, but I sure will miss themes. I just purchased a theme this morning called Colors Dark (by bulletproof136) and my oh my is it just awesome, I'm even considering getting the light variant.

Going on for 1 am now, and it's just 4 hours before my alarm goes off, so I'd better get some sleep.

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)
 
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Thanks @Ohmster . I've been leaning toward this phone a lot more, so chances are, I'll probably get it in the next few months. I just hope black will come back in stock with the store as I think I'd prefer it over white.
But for now, marshmallow doing quite nicely on this old RAZR.

I can't get the pure edition (XT1575), but the style (XT1572) is the European version with the same specs - just like we have with the XT910 & XT912. And they share the same forums.
Actually, looking over at those forums I see there are ROMs out for it.
Not that I'm eager to ROM, but I sure will miss themes. I just purchased a theme this morning called Colors Dark (by bulletproof136) and my oh my is it just awesome, I'm even considering getting the light variant.

Going on for 1 am now, and it's just 4 hours before my alarm goes off, so I'd better get some sleep.

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@d.casper.b just how in the world are you able to use the Razr comfortably, every day? I have been doing just that until I got the MXP, and had to use it twice since, one phone ran over, the other one cracked when it hit the floor. So the Razr did fill the gap nicely.

I will admit that "nicely" and comfortably" are two very different terms. Using the Razr over 3 years past release is a challenging expedition. I love and use Maps and Navigation constantly, and getting that to come up on the Razr is possible and it does work, but chances are you will be way past your local destination by the time the nav screen is usable. I want to be able to use the phone while navigating and that is another long wait, incoming call will be lost. With a LOT of patience, I can make that call, outgoing, while in navigation, but like I said, a LOT of patience. Using text message and streaming audio is also nice while navigating and it simply just takes way to long to use these services while driving, or even just walking.

We all did CM11 for about a year and a half. For the first half of that time, the Razr was quite usable and was actually very fast, in the beginning of CM11. Once CM released the theme engine, all of that wonderful speed was gone, but we did get a really, really nice theme engine. Yes, I greenify and prune the roms, but it really has not helped like it should have near the end. I still have the Razr and it is my "emergency phone" if something happens to the MXP. I just hope that I never have to use it again.

With the MXP the way I have it now, I do miss a real theme engine like you get in a CM rom. But there is no really good, usable rom for the MXP and the theme window dressing is something I really do not have. I have nice wallpaper, I use Xposed to mod the status and nav bars and it does look good, but not a real "theme". I will put up a screenshot of my desktop for you.

Marshmallow does have a built in Layer Theme Engine, but it is not really a theme engine at all, just a collection of "app skins" that do look nice, but the coverage of these skins is dismal, since no developer can skin every app out there, let alone the Nova Desktop. There are some layer themes that go even further and promise to theme a LOT more of the rom, but they are dangerous, can destabilize the phone, and make it not even bootable anymore. Let alone the maintenance to keep such a theme. Not at all like the CM11 theme engine.

So I do not have a theme, but I have everything else and when I tap navigation, there is no "waiting". Nice. Can use the phone at the same time, stream Bluetooth audio, make and take text messages, and even use the calculator at the same time if I wish. Now THAT is worth giving up a theme engine for. It would be nice to have it all with Theme Engine, but I will take what I have and be happy with it. Take care buddy! :)

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I have a replacement GeForce 770 video card that MSI sent me when one of the fans on the card stopped spinning and totally messing up my PC. I really dread installing this card as I got so many blue screens of death just trying to get an older 9500 card installed with passive cooling while waiting for my MRA to process. Now I have to go through that all over again and am thinking about doing it now. Maybe this time I will roll back to VGA drives so at least the darned thing can boot until I can install the proper driver. Oh I *hate* this! :eek:

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The MSI replacement N770 video card is no good. My back is killing me from bending over and fussing with it. PC will not boot, no video card logo on screen, only Award Bios on screen, no options, no BIOS, no booting. Have to call them tomorrow and demand a "working replacement". I just knew this was going to suck, bra! :mad:

OMG I cannot believe the back pain I am suffering. It is over 30 minutes already and you can believe that MSI is going to get an earful from me tomorrow! I had a PNY card once, lifetime warranty, and that one blew a RAM chip. Man, talk about "funky screens" bro! But PNY sent me a *good* replacement card. They made me wait 6 weeks until they got the same model in stock instead of shipping me a one better card, but it was fine. MSI sent me a different card but with the same specs. And it does not work! Between this pain and the card not working, I am PISSED OFF! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... :mad:
 
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Off topic but very cool!

OK guys, I know this is really off topic but I can't help myself on this one. This is way too cool to keep to myself!

I am actually dictating everything you say with Windows 7 speech recognition enabled. I don't have to type anything at all and can simply tell the computer where I would like to appear in this document. I can also navigate all over windows and control things, like opening a program, using the menus, inserting pictures, etc.. I'm having pain in my fingertips, it actually is painful for me to type. My Dr. Says it is a pinched nerve. You all know how much I like to post really big messages. But when you are experiencing pain in your fingers like I am, then I need a different way to type. I was using online be taken in chrome browser, but that was awkward, this speech recognition was not very good, was very simple, and then I would have to copy and paste anyway.

I was really looking for something better such as dragon naturally speaking software, but that cost money and I really don't have money at this time. So what the hack, I decided to search pool for "free windows dictation software" and I found the best link you could ever find. This one:

Turn on dictation for all programs

This link will show you how to enable can use speech recognition in windows 7. I was utterly blown away when I tried this myself. Not only does Windows 7 have accurate dictation software, it can also control the entire computer! I just finished a tutorial and I got a LOT out of it, but this dictation can do everything and it really works. So I am going to practice with this for the next few days and get better at it. Dictation is a lot faster than typing if you are not good at typing or have a painful condition. I am not kidding, this is the same thing you get with pain software like they were with Dragon Naturally Speaking. See for yourself! Good night my friends! :D

P.S. When you enable the speech recognition there is a tutorial that you can't take. You need about 15 minutes to do this, and you will speak your way through it. The tutorial is very powerful and is going to show you more things than you could possibly remember. But that is all right, the tutorial will also show you, how to control your computer with only a microphone and by telling you what to do . And how to pull up some fast help and a command list for reference. So by all means, please take the time and do the tutorial at least once.

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Guys, this post is obviously very much "Off Topic" and I have been breaking that rule, far more than I should and yes, I know better than that. But if I cannot talk to my friends to tell them about something very cool, like this "Built In Dragon Naturally Speaking" in Windows here, then were can I tell you stuff like this?

CM11 is pretty much EOL and there will be very few, if any, genuine on topic posts to be made. But, XDA DOES have an Off Topic thread where you are welcome to discuss or share anything you like! TV shows, favorite software, anything cool at all. And here it is!

XDA Off-topic Thread

It is too late to move this post, posts cannot be deleted from XDA, but, in the future, I can post a pointer post to share and link you to Off Topic so I can share something properly with all of you. You all might wish to do the same. Please bookmark the Off Topic thread and when you wish to share something off topic, post there and link to it from here. This was we really can share what we like and won't be breaking the rules so much. Thanks! :good:

I did copy this post to Off Topic so if you care to reply or have questions, please answer me here:

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Yes, I still use my RAZR for everything. But to be fair I'm not running navigation often, as I go to work and back everyday, and go around my area on weekends. So really no need to use navigation for this. But I will be needing to use navigation next week.. We'll see how that goes. And yes, then it is very difficult getting the phone to do anything else. But, I just simply do not use it enough to let it get to me.

I use my phone mostly for simple communication - phonecalls, WhatsApp, and these forums. Then other uses like useful apps such as mSecure to refresh my memory on a site's login info. Uploading to a cloud storage provider is also pretty useful via the phone. Then I love personalising my phone with icons and themes. But, generally, nothing way too intensive for the RAZR. So that is how I manage. And also, Marshmallow is actually working very nicely right now that i feel I can't not give this RAZR it's last little bit of glory. ;)


Man, I'm so glad you have got the dictation thing working so well for you. How frustrating it is to not be able to do something that you really love because you simply can not physically do it!!



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OK, so the only thing I'm not too happy about with the MxPE:
Battery is smaller than RAZR's and it seems to be its biggest con from what everyone is saying. Should it be a concern?
Moto X PE/style does have NFC right?

OMW: Moto X Force has AMOLED display, wireless charging and 3780mah (thereabout, can't quite remember) battery, among other things. But it's like an extra $250 so that kinda rules it out. But I know I'll be happy with the Style/PE.




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Yes, I still use my RAZR for everything. But to be fair I'm not running navigation often, as I go to work and back everyday, and go around my area on weekends. So really no need to use navigation for this. But I will be needing to use navigation next week.. We'll see how that goes. And yes, then it is very difficult getting the phone to do anything else. But, I just simply do not use it enough to let it get to me.

I use my phone mostly for simple communication - phonecalls, WhatsApp, and these forums. Then other uses like useful apps such as mSecure to refresh my memory on a site's login info. Uploading to a cloud storage provider is also pretty useful via the phone. Then I love personalising my phone with icons and themes. But, generally, nothing way too intensive for the RAZR. So that is how I manage. And also, Marshmallow is actually working very nicely right now that i feel I can't not give this RAZR it's last little bit of glory. ;)

Man, I'm so glad you have got the dictation thing working so well for you. How frustrating it is to not be able to do something that you really love because you simply can not physically do it!!

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OK, so the only thing I'm not too happy about with the MxPE:
Battery is smaller than RAZR's and it seems to be its biggest con from what everyone is saying. Should it be a concern?
Moto X PE/style does have NFC right?

OMW: Moto X Force has AMOLED display, wireless charging and 3780mah (thereabout, can't quite remember) battery, among other things. But it's like an extra $250 so that kinda rules it out. But I know I'll be happy with the Style/PE.

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What say Casper!

Well, I am just starting to learn that commands I can use for those dictation and windows.It is quite good and is also very thorough, but there is a lot to learn and I will be going through this tutorial many times. You only need to know a handful of commands for punctuation and staff to use it. But it's way more powerful than that and to use it well, it takes time to learn. Worth it for me because of my fingers are a bit painful right now.

I was afraid to put Marshmallow on the Razr because the Razr is really straining under the weight it has now. Marshmallow may have optimized code so it could run well, but how well is "well"? It will still not be able to do all the things I want so it was good enough for me. If that was all I had for at least another year, I would probably install Marshmallow because you recommended it. Fortunately, I do not have to now. ;)

I use my phone for all sorts of things. Man, navigation is really important, I even bought of Garman navigation device before I had a phone that could do the job. I love streaming audio and listen to Slacker Pandora, NPR, and of course all of my Google Play Music from home. I also use various calculators, unit converters, and even use the tip calculator for food and drink. Gosh there are so many apps that are useful, when I need something something, I just go to the play store and download what I need. So for me, the phone is a device that is really important.

Don't be so quick to dismiss the MXP, first review what you get. Pay attention to the last item in the list.
  1. It has a big screen.
  2. It has a turbo charger.
  3. You get a removable SD card slot.
  4. You get more horsepower than you will be able to use.
  5. The phone is unlockable.
  6. Because it is unlockable, you can take it with you wherever you go.
  7. It is easy to unlock, install TWRP, and root.
  8. Everything you want the most is in this device.
  9. You can afford this powerhouse because it only costs $400 or less.

Did you read this list? Did you pay attention? Did you read item number nine? Now apply this list to whatever phone you were thinking about and see if it meets the same criteria and if you can afford it anytime soon? This cell phone is not going to be obsolete anytime soon, so your investment is going to last a few years.

You like to doll up the phone and make it pretty. I do too, I love that neon theme you showed me. But above anything else this is as several hundred dollar electronic device that performs a lot of useful and very important tasks. If I had to choose between themes or useful device, of course I would have to pick the useful device. This cell phone was a fantastic purchase for the money and it has all the specifications I really want plus the removable SD card. Sure, there are other phones, that are more fancy and have other features, but then again they cost a lot more money. I don't have $600 or $700 to buy a phone with, so the $400 was well spent. I don't have any problem with the battery in this phone, it will last me all day and the turbocharger has that battery charged in an hour. Like I said, you can have more features, I just hope you have a bigger wallet to buy these things. The Moto X Pure Edition gives me everything I want for the money I have to spend. And I am really not left wanting for anything, except maybe some themes I might wish to put on the phone. Not having themes is no great loss, especially if my phone can do all of these wonderful things. Besides, there are lots of things you can do with wallpaper and Xposed to dress up the phone and make it look nice. Not the same as a CM theme, but who cares? I got a Droid Moto X Pure Edition!

Actually, I do not care if you get the Moto X Pure Edition or something else. You already said you cannot get the XT1575 where you live. But I am using the MXP as a reference point for whatever you buy, Casper. Look at that list and compare it to whatever you are fancying. See if you get the same bang for the buck. I honestly expected this phone to cost $700 and was so shocked at the price, $450 at the time with 32 GB RAM, that I grabbed it immediately. Features like unlockable and easy root are for developer edition phones and they really do cost $700. I know because that is what I wanted until @dtiger1138 pointed out this phone and I checked specs, then as an after thought, checked the price because I was sure this would be over $600. He actually got the MXP for like $250 because he started scouting the sales and got it with a $100 discount on top of the low price! You can do the same thing. Get whatever you want but check what you are getting and see if you can afford it. Big screen, yum! extsdcard, yeah man, unlockable, WOW! Go see if what you want can measure up for the money, Daniel. :cool:

What you get is up to you my friend. I don't keep a log of the latest cell phone technology so I really don't know which is the best phone at any given time. One of the members in this newsgroup told me about the Moto X Pure Edition and I immediately dismissed it until I actually saw the price. Then I realized that I can actually purchase this phone, afford it, can buy it right away with a loan, and have it to use every day. So for me, this was a no brainer. Let us know what you decide, I am sure many others are watching. Take care my friend. ;)
 
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[To everyone else, my apologies we've gone off topic! If you have a ROM related question, by all means, do ask. We know these phones are old and it's also nice to know what others are moving to - in case you like our little community and want to experience it again on a new device - you'll know where everyone has gone - @welder73 has joined the LG G4 owners and they sure are lucky to have him.]


Well, Paul. Maybe I'll be getting the Moto X Style sooner rather than later. Reason being, I've made up my mind and so now that I know what I want. The browsing and reviewing part is over; it's really just a matter of when now. Maybe as soon as within the next month or two..

I'll have to look at getting a new SD card - I'd rather not steal from the RAZR. I'll be getting the 32GB model. I see they are now expecting new stock of the black phones which is good. They do have 200 white ones in stock if it had to come to it.

OK, so there are a lot of official and unofficial ROMs already for this device. I've seen AOKP, PAC, RR, AICP and others, so there is some life.

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)
 
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@Ohmster

[To everyone else, my apologies we've gone off topic! If you have a ROM related question, by all means, do ask. We know these phones are old and it's also nice to know what others are moving to - in case you like our little community and want to experience it again on a new device - you'll know where everyone has gone - @welder73 has joined the LG G4 owners and they sure are lucky to have him.]


Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)
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Thank you man for that kind words :)

I have a lot of experience and knowledge about rooting,flashing,tweeking that I've gathered on this forum during past 3 years and I want to thank you all for that :thumbup:

Although,I'm still new in this LG world because everything is different but I get it slowly :rolleyes:

Sent from my LG G4
 
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d.casper.b said:
@Ohmster

[To everyone else, my apologies we've gone off topic! If you have a ROM related question, by all means, do ask. We know these phones are old and it's also nice to know what others are moving to - in case you like our little community and want to experience it again on a new device - you'll know where everyone has gone - @welder73 has joined the LG G4 owners and they sure are lucky to have him.]


Well, Paul. Maybe I'll be getting the Moto X Style sooner rather than later. Reason being, I've made up my mind and so now that I know what I want. The browsing and reviewing part is over; it's really just a matter of when now. Maybe as soon as within the next month or two..

I'll have to look at getting a new SD card - I'd rather not steal from the RAZR. I'll be getting the 32GB model. I see they are now expecting new stock of the black phones which is good. They do have 200 white ones in stock if it had to come to it.

OK, so there are a lot of official and unofficial ROMs already for this device. I've seen AOKP, PAC, RR, AICP and others, so there is some life.

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)
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I have had the opportunity to speak with @d.casper.b via email so he has his mind made up about what to get, the Moto X Style. Poor guy cannot even find a black one anymore, they are sold out. Casper as well as @welder73 have been incredibly efficient with maintaining and keeping their Razr phones up, running, and quite frankly, useable.

Good job boys! :good:


welder73 said:
Thank you man for that kind words :)

I have a lot of experience and knowledge about rooting,flashing,tweeking that I've gathered on this forum during past 3 years and I want to thank you all for that :thumbup:

Although,I'm still new in this LG world because everything is different but I get it slowly :rolleyes:

Sent from my LG G4
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@welder73 so nice to hear you have a nice, new, usable and fast phone to play with! I agree, this thread has taught me so much about modding, romming, rooting, Xposed, recovery, and all things cool for cellphones. Welder has been a really big help to me, thanks to both of you, Casper and Welder for all the great tips and help that you boys have given to me! :good:

And it all began here. Sad that most of us are drifting to other threads to deal with our new respective devices. There are currently 5 of us with the MXP that I know of, perhaps more. If Casper gets his, 6 and I think that @TheHarbinger might have said someting about it as well. So at least some friends are coming along for the ride. We all stick together and have helped each other with rooting, unlocking, recovery, and Xposed on our new phones.

Thanks for all the help, Welder and good luck to you with your new phone my friend! :D

Something off topic but fast below to those interested. Goodnight everyone! :laugh:


A DIY kit page of how a high school kid made his own 1.35 million volt Tesla Coil! And how you can make one too. Warning, this Tesla Coils is a Lethal Device! Extreme care and caution must be maintained if you decide to do this as a class project or home hobby.

Something extremely cool for Geeks and electricity here for those that want a peek.
 
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    If you are looking for CM12 AOSP 5.0, the thread can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr/development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-0-t2950906.

    Please keep this thread for discussion of CM11, and move any CM12 discussion to the new thread.

    Thanks!

    CM11 4.4.4 KitKat (Official)

    **Downloads no longer available on the CM website, instead can be found here: http://droid.cs.fau.de/cm-11.0/official/**

    Updated GApps downloads courtesy of sd_shadow : https://docs.google.com/document/d/...CTJgVsO727bD6qreg/edit#heading=h.j4g9eimzpkel
    *Recommended to use minimal 4.4.4 GApps edition

    For a comprehensive guide on how to install/update,maintain your CM11 rom, please see the guide located at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58103525&postcount=7182 courtesy of Ohmster

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    Guide: CM11 Performance and Maintenance


    UPDATED: Sunday, July 05, 2015

    * This Guide and the download pdf version will be maintained and updated at this location.

    Preface for CyanogenMod ROM #11:
    CM11 is a very good, dependable, and feature rich Kit Kat rom. A favorite of rommers everywhere with it's aggressive memory management and speed. Many other roms will use code from cm11 to build their own roms from. There is no "Official Handbook" for it, nor is any particular strategy "better than any other". This collection of tips has served me well and is one year in the making. My hope is that it serves you as well as it has served me.

    Prerequisites for installing CM11:
    Phone must be rooted and Safe Strap Recovery v3.75 installed from the stock slot and activated. Follow the instructions in the README.txt file. Thanks to @stargo!

    Files:
    CM11 FINAL SNAPSHOT 09/01/2015:
    XT912 Device: Download: cm-11-20150901-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3G1-spyder.zip (213.19 MB)
    or, for the XT910: Download: cm-11-20150901-SNAPSHOT-XNG3CAO3G2-umts_spyder.zip (211.58 MB)

    GAPPS:
    Kit Kat 4.4.4
    sd_shadow’s [Collection] of GApps

    Install CM11 ROM:
    Installing CyanogenMod ROM #11 is fairly straightforward and easy. Pick a known good build to install, download the latest gapps package and choose a smaller package like Mini-Modular or Micro-Modular. Have both the rom and gapps files on your phone, boot to Safe Strap recovery, and pick a rom slot, for this example, rom slot 1. At this time, you can choose the partition sizes for the rom slot you will use. If rom slot 1 has already been created, delete it, then go back to slot 1 to create it, and pick your partition sizes. These sizes are known to work well with cm11:

    Slot1 - CM11
    System: 700 Mb
    Data: 2,000 Mb
    Cache: 300 Mb

    Once slot is created, go to the Install button in Safe Strap and flash the cm11 rom, Add more zips, and add the pa-gapps file. Swipe to flash the rom. You can now go to to the Wipe button, Advanced, and wipe ONLY dalvik and cache. Reboot to System. Finish the Startup Wizard.

    XT912 Devices with GSM for Overseas Use:
    It has come to our attention that the XT912 phone is a US based phone for use primarily in the United States. It does support CDMA, LTE, and GSM, but the GSM in the XT912 phone is only for use in the US. Members in other countries using the XT912 device have reported a variety of problems on GSM such as:
    • SIM Card NOT detected
    • No signal
    • Low signal
    • No Data
    • No Text Messaging
    • And other various issues that are related to the radio and GSM connection in foreign countries
    Great News for you guys outside the US with XT912 devices on GSM. @Mentor.37 has created a new version of his famous GSM Patch for XT912 phones! There is a free patch available that is easy to flash and it will clear up any communication errors that arise with GSM on an XT912 outside of the US. Download, read the instructions, and flash the GSM zip file patch:
    [PATCH] Patch CDMA to GSM for Android Global Phones

    CM11 Setup and Maintenance:
    Once CM11 and pa-gapps are installed and you finish the Startup Wizard, you are on your way to enjoying this fantastic rom for yourself. And right now is when you get the opportunity to prune and shape it into the rom you want to have and use. If you take several steps right here and now, you can always depend on this rom to serve you well.

    Hardware Notes:
    The Droid Razr phones are close to 3 years old and that, is more than one lifetime for modern, digital equipment. At the time of their release, the Droid Razr was a top of the line, $600 Smartphone. As the phones become more sophisticated, got faster multi-core CPUs, and more dynamic system RAM, the Android Operating system and all of the apps take advantage of all this new "Power" available and can easily "choke" an older device like a Droid Razr rather quickly. Here is where the setup and maintenance become very important issues.

    If you do not take measures quickly, Google will quickly reinstall 200-300 apps back to your device and all of these apps and services will quickly "take over your phone" and slow it to a crawl. Manually take control over your phone now!

    Required Apps:
    You can use these paid apps on every Android device that you own. Both of these apps are available as "Free" versions, but to seriously take control over your phone, you will need the pay versions. If you love Android, then this will be the best ten bucks you ever spent. Get ready to purchase and install them very soon.

    How to install and maintain CM11 for a good running phone:
    1. Start with a clean install of CM11.
    2. Immediately go to the play store and shut off Automatic Updates!
    3. Greenify requires the Xposed Framework to run. Install it now.
    4. Install Titanium Backup Pro and Greenify Donation Pack.
    5. Xposed Framework and the Greenify Xposed Module ALL require a reboot to get them running. Reboot your phone now.
    6. Immediately backup your working cm11 rom in Safe Strap so that if something goes wrong, you can restore your backup. Do NOT backup cache or webtop. Check the "Enable compression" box to save almost 1Gb per backup of sdcard space.
    7. Make your own meaningful Backup Names such as: ROM Date, Comment, Backup date. Examples: 01-01-15_LAG_01-03-14 or 01-05-15_GOOD_01-09-15.
    8. Reboot to System.
    9. AT this point, "Thin Out" the apps and services that you have installed on your phone, well before you allow Google Play Store to restore your optional apps. The CM11 rom comes complete with many features, some of which you will never use or want. With Titanium Backup, you can uninstall or freeze apps and services that come with the rom. Choose Freeze over Uninstall because any apps that are frozen will not come back on next update of your cm11 rom.
    10. Things you can Freeze in Titanium Backup: Any apps and services NOT critical for the phone itself that you do not want or will never use. Examples: Apollo, Exchange Mail and Exchanges Services, Default SMS app if you use a different one, Google Play *anything* such as Books, Movies, News, Music, anything you will never use. I do use Play Music so that one I leave alone. Do not get too aggressive at this point as you can come back later to Freeze more apps. If you froze something you shouldn't have and the rom will not boot, restore the backup that you made.
    11. Go to /Settings/Google/Accounts/Your email address/ and uncheck Sync for anything you do not need. Remember that you can sync this data at any time manually so do not be afraid to turn sync off.
    12. Manually restore the apps you want from the Play Store or Titanium Backup. Restore apps only and avoid restoring app data. * "Avoid" means do not restore apps & data in general. But some apps like Games where you have made progress and will lose it without restoring data is fine, restore app & data. I have all of my cloud logins in ES File Explorer as well as my WiFi logins so I did restore data for that app. The closer to identical the roms are, the better restoring data works. NEVER restore data on wildly different rom versions such as CM11 from CM10. Credit to @sherri for this valuable nugget of information.
    13. If you find that there are apps you never use for more than a month, skip these apps and only install the ones you need and use almost every day.
    14. Test out your phone for performance and issues. You should have a pretty good working rom by now but we are not done yet!
    15. Open the Greenify app and tap the menu to reach the Experimental Features menu. Set Working Mode to Boost. I check every box in this Experimental menu, you can read them and check the features you want enabled.
    16. Tap the Back button to see the Greenify Interface. Tap each app you wish to put to sleep. With the experimental features enabled in the Donation Pack, you can also hibernate system services. For now, tap all the running apps that are NOT ESSENTIAL for the phone to run and then tap the Zzz button to put them all to sleep. Include ALL social media apps such as Facebook, Hangouts, our any others as these are the worst offenders. They have a large impact on system performance and battery life. These apps never go to sleep and act as if they are the most important apps on the system. Anything you put to sleep in Greenify will work normally if you tap the app itself. The Experimental Features will allow them to gather messages and sync in bulk, rather than constantly waking your phone to sync themselves. You will get warnings about putting system apps to sleep, avoid putting them to sleep right now.
    17. Your phone should be working pretty darned good by now. If so, make another backup in Safe Strap, use the same naming format as suggested above.
    18. Test your phone for a day or so to make sure everything is working properly.
    19. Time to tackle those System Apps that also contribute to slowing down the phone. Open Greenify again and pick system apps that are not necessary to run the phone such as Google Search, CM Updater, Mail, Music, Browsers, Cloud Drives, anything not required to run the phone. When you get warned about putting system apps to sleep, check the "Do not show me this again" box and put them to sleep. You can tap the + button in Greenify to show more running apps that you can now hibernate. Do not "Go Crazy" and put everything to sleep, do a few at a time and check that the phone still runs well.
    20. Learning what you can put to sleep in Greenify is a process you learn as you go. Make frequent backups so you can restore your rom in the event you put something to sleep that you shouldn't have. You will be surprised to learn that there are a LOT of system apps you can put to sleep that will not adversely affect the operation of the phone.
    21. That is essentially it, follow these steps and you should have a good running install of cm11 that will not only run, but will be fast and responsive and will make you happy.
    22. Enjoy!

    Tips:
    1. Install the very few Xposed Modules that you really need. AVOID system tuner apps and heavy system use modules. Use extreme caution in modules like Trickster or GravityBox not to make system changes like CPU speed, governor, I/O rates, read ahead values, and minfree. CM11 is a good system, allow the rom to do it's job and make changes like CPU Governor to INTERACTIVE from the rom /Settings/ menu instead of various modules and apps scattered all over the place. Keep System Settings in one place like the CM11 Settings Menu!
    2. Avoid using custom kernels and other system changes until you gain the experience to use them effectively. CM11 does not require any external kernels or addons to work perfectly. I do not use JBX or any other custom kernel.
    3. Make a Safe Strap backup before updating your cm11 rom to a new build! You can always restore this backup if the new rom you install gives you problems that you never had before.
    4. Check the CM11 Developer Thread for new Build Reports and advice for a good build to install. We frequently test and report on new builds available and tell you which ones are good and which ones to avoid. If you cannot find a build report, search for it in the search box at bottom of page or make a new post and ask for which new builds are good to install.
    5. Only install the Xposed Modules you need and that have a light footprint on the system. The fancy system monitor apps are often so heavy that they slow the entire phone down. I found one module that does not slow down the system, CPUFreq in Statusbar. If you care to use it, set Update Interval to no less than 250 Ms. This will update the CPU Frequency in the Statusbar to 4 times per second and does not slow down the system. The big, graphical system monitor modules like Cool Tool and Android Tuner will slow your phone to a crawl!
    6. Remember, all of the apps and services that you put into hibernation in Greenify will still work and they will still get mail, messages, and sync as they should. But they will not be active and running at all times, substantially slowing down your phone.
    7. Remember to keep your app count light. 300 Apps is really pushing it. I confess that I do have over 200 Apps installed, but since they are not running or active unless opened, they do not consume system memory (RAM) and have no impact on the system when they are not running.
    8. Memory is not the same as sdcard space! Many people confuse these two terms. Genuine memory, RAM (Random Access Memory) is what the system uses to run the operating system and apps themselves. If the app is not running, it does not consume RAM. We only have a Gig of system memory (RAM) while all of the new phones have 2Gb or more of active system memory. Therefor it is very necessary for us to trim what apps and services that run at any given time as not to exceed the available amount of RAM in the system. Here are some system specifications for a Droid Razr Maxx and is typical of all OMAP4 devices. Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX Specifications
    9. installed apps will be installed to the sdcard system partition and the settings and data for them go into your Data partition. These apps ONLY use RAM when they are up and running! RAM is in short supply so it is necessary to restrict what we allow to run at any given time.

    Updating your CM11 ROM:
    Although cm11 is now at the end of it's development cycle, is now considered Final, CyanogenMod is still releasing weekly builds to address such issues as bug fixes, improve stability and performance, and to incorporate all of the latest changes to the CM11 rom itself. Although any build you install since November is considered Final, the latest build is always the most desirable one to have. When installing a CM11 Update, be sure that the new build meets the required criteria.

    Criteria for a new Build:
    The new rom build must be equal to or better than the rom that it will be replacing

    So if the new rom has lag, issues, or is in anyway worse than the rom before it, restore your previous rom backup!

    OTA (Over The Air) rom updating is now obsolete as it was at one time. CM11 downloads are no longer available to use the OTA update method directly, but it still remains, to this day, the fastest, easiest, and most hassle free way to update your CM11 rom! NO need for gapps or wipes. You can also use this very same method to downgrade to a previous rom and keep your updates and settings this way!

    Simple Update Procedure for CM11 ROMS:
    1. Backup your currently running, perfectly adjusted rom with Safe Strap before EVER performing a rom update!
    2. Download the CM11 rom of your choice for updating and place it on the phone's sdcard. It must be placed in a very specific location; /sdcard/cmupdater/.
    3. Update your rom from /Settings/About Phone/CyanogenMod Updates/ and tap the updated rom "Door Icon" for the rom you put there there yourself to install it.
    4. Reboot, allow to settle for 2 minutes, and then update AdAway if installed, BetterBatteryStats to System App, and Xposed Frameworks install/update.
    5. Reboot to System.
    6. Test this rom for a day or 2 and if it is positive, backup the new rom in Safe Strap.
    If the rom develops issues such as lag after a day of use, reboot the device to clear it. If you find that you must reboot every day to keep the rom running well without lag, then it is a bad rom. Restore your backup of the previous good running rom.

    How to Update CM11 or Downgrade CM11 to an earlier Build w/out losing your current updates or settings:
    This is now the preferred update method for CM11 as OTA updates are no longer available. This very same, versatile procedure can also be used to downgrade to an earlier version of CM11.
    There are times when it may become necessary to downgrade your cm11 rom to a previous build because you forgot to make a backup first before upgrading (Shame on you!), or you your upgraded rom stinks and you wish to go back down to a previous or earlier rom build without losing your updates. Thanks to to @Dwillian for what I affectionately call "The Dwillian Dump".

    This procedure calls for a WIPE of the system partition on your phone. It is imperative that you have the necessary two files on your phone before you begin this procedure or you will have no way to boot your phone unless you have a previous Safe Strap backup to restore! Make a CM11 folder on your internal sdcard. Put the zip file build of cm11 you wish to change to along with the most current version of pa-gapps zip file you can get into this folder so they will be available to flash once you wipe the system partition in Safe Strap.
    1. Get the cm11 rom file that you wish to upgrade or downgrade to along with the most recent pa-gapps file and put them on your sdcard. Once you Wipe in Safe Strap, you will be in a LOT of trouble if you do not have these two files available!
    2. Reboot to Safe Strap recovery and go to the Wipe button, then Advanced Wipe.
    3. Put checks in the following boxes ONLY! /cache, /dalvick, and /system. Slide to wipe these partitions.
    4. Tap the Install button and choose the newer or older version cm11 rom you wish to install.
    5. Tap Add more zips and browse for the most recent pa-gapps file you have. Slide to perform the operation.
    6. Now go back to Wipe, Advanced, and wipe ONLY cache and dalvik.
    7. Reboot to your now upgraded or downgraded system. All updates performed to Play Store apps will remain as well as any system settings that you have made.
    Conclusion:
    This set of instructions for cleaning up the phone and maintaining performance is what I have gathered over a period of one year by interviewing the very few Senior Members that no matter what, "Always have good running and fast phones" when the rest of us have nothing but problems and poor performance. I was one very frustrated cm11 user because I had not changed my habits to become rather conservative as to what I allow to run on my phone. I was never happy. I complained a lot. But once I got the gist of what it takes to get this phone in top performance and begin to apply these methods religiously, I finally had the phone and rom that I always dreamed of.

    Once you get your phone in tip top running condition, it takes very little additional maintenance to keep the phone running this way. What works for me may not always work for someone else. Many Senior Members have "their own way" of running their phones and keeping them running well, but the common issues have been condensed into this Guide to CM11 Performance and Maintenance that I have published for you. This set of instructions and rules applies to CM11 and if you are experimenting with CM12, you will need a different version of Safe Strap and it is suggested you visit the Official CM12 Thread for advice on CM12.

    CM11 is now and has always been my "Daily Driver" for almost a full year. CyanogenMod intended for the M12 SNAPSHOT to be the "End of the line" for CM11. But real life testing revealed that more testing and builds be produced to works out several bugs such as the dreaded "Process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly" FC where you could tap OK and it would come right back, rendering the rom unusable. Our beloved developer @stargo did troubleshoot this down to the WhisperPush in the cm11 rom and the patch for it has been merged into the cm11 build tree as of January 1, 2015. The cm11 rom itself has been labeled as Final as of the beginning of November 2014 because development and new features has stopped and the rom is considered Final. Subsequent builds are only for the purpose of cleaning up bugs and including any Android additions for consistency with Android Kit Kat.

    The build labeling system has been changed by CyanogenMod since CM9 and CM10. They will not longer use the term "stable". More information about the current rom labeling can be found here:
    CM ROM Release Versioning

    This explains why you will not see the word "Stable" on this particular rom. When the final M13 SNAPSHOT is released, it "should be" the best, most stable and final release of cm11 there will be. If this last snapshot does not perform as well for you as an earlier build did, then pick the rom that works best for you.

    Installing CM11 as your Stock ROM:
    UPDATE: I can now lay claim to having hands on experience with installing cm11 to my stock slot. I was giving you what I was told, not what I had experienced. Our good friend, Mr. Chen, @ChungHung.Chen has posted the procedure that works and since this is a group effort, I will post his instructions in combination with my own observations to make this as painless as possible.

    Yes, CM11 can be installed as your Stock ROM. I have finally done this myself and although you must start over again, from scratch, if you are well prepared in advance, the procedure was not as bad as I thought. I actually had a complete duplicate of my best cm11 installation on slot1 on stock in less than 24 hours!

    If you have a good, working, already setup cm11 system installed on a rom slot in Safe Strap 3.75, make a fresh backup of it first. Make a backup of your current Stock system as well. These two items are "Must Do" things before you proceed!

    NOTE: Some members of the development thread reported success in restoring their cm11 backup in Safe Strap from another slot to the Stock Partition and reporting that it works. I have not had success with this nor can I report it as working. If you dare try this, backup both systems first so at least you have "something to go back to" in the event it fails.

    But before you do this, it is strongly recommended that you get your feet wet, Follow the instructions in this guide to get the experience you need to install and run cm11 effectively and keep it that way. Use Titanium Backup to backup all the apps that you have and want to restore. Then wait for CM11 to end and pick the best running rom for your phone, test it, and make sure you are happy with it. Then you can install it to your stock slot. When you are satisfied that you can install and run cm11 smoothly, efficiently, and have picked the Final rom that you will use, you are ready to install cm11 to your Stock Slot.

    If you already have a wonderful, working, already setup CM11 system on another rom slot, you can save a LOT of time and work if you take some steps in advance. Titanium Backup is your best friend here. @sShadowSs has given us some wonderful advice here on how to almost completely restore your CM11 system on stock with Titanium Backup with a simple procedure. It requires that you make a fresh backup of your current CM11 system of all installed apps and data.

    sd_shadow said:
    This is what I do to restore ONLY currently installed apps using Titanium Backup:
    Make a TB backup of your current apps.
    When you are ready to restore go to Batch Actions -> Hit RUN on 'Restore missing apps with data' -> Deselect all. Then on the bottom of the screen there is an option: Order by: switch that to Backup Date. It will re-order your apps and the ones on the top will be the ones you made the latest backup of. Just start selecting down the list and I'm sure you will know when you start seeing apps that you have not used and will know when to stop your selections. After you are done with your selections - restore.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    The Stock Slot in Safe Strap is a very large partition and the sizes of the partitions cannot be changed. So, it would make a very good place to install a Final and Stable version of CM11. Installing CM11 to stock requires that you do the install from scratch all over again. You cannot restore your backup to the Stock Slot.

    Before you dare install CM11 on your Stock Slot, be sure to have the following two files on your sdcard. The cm11 rom you wish to install, AND the pa-gapps you must install with them. Once you get into Safe Strap and wipe your entire Stock System, you are in trouble if you do not have the necessary files to continue and get CM11 installed to stock!

    The procedure to install CM11 to Stock Slot is:
    1. Flash stock JB rom and boot into stock to install SuperSU / SafeStrap 3.75.
    2. Install custom recovery from SafeStrap.
    3. Reboot to recovery, make a backup of your stock rom for fast recovery.
    4. Do a factory reset to wipe your /data. (Internal SD will keep.) Factory reset will erase whole /data(including dalvik-cache) and /cache.
    5. Wipe /system and Go to Install, now you should be able to install without error.
    6. Install CM11 zip, Add More Zips, and find your Gapps.
    7. Reboot and configure your new CM system, reinstall and launch SafeStrap to make sure Recovery status is "Installed" (no need to re-install).
    8. [Optional] Restore apps from TiBu.
    9. TRIM is a new speed up utility that is available ONLY to the Stock Slot for Kit Kat and you can now use this to keep your sdcard clean and up to speed. Trimmer (fstrim) is a nice, free front end for you to use the built in fstrim command to speed up your sdcard and keep it that way. Install Trimmer and use it on your Stock Partition. Do this often and schedule your Trim operations once a day or every week.
    10. Enjoy your CM system.
    That's it, guys. Follow these instructions and you should have no problems with installing and running CM11 as a dependable Daily Driver for your phone! Suggestions, praise, and questions are always welcome.

    * A fully clickable pdf file of this procedure is attached as an Adobe Acrobat pdf file zipped up for you to have and to keep.

    Happy Romming, guys! :D

    CREDITS:
    This is especially difficult for me as there were just so many contributing members over the past year that I will no way remember every one of you. Please send me a PM if you did help me with this and wish to be included in the credits.
    @sherri, @stargo, @Mr-Glass, @DumbleCore, @JakeDHS07, @Bobcus Leper, @brkahughes, @Dwillian, @ChungHung.Chen, @welder73, @hakarune, @mattlgroff, @tydiamond11, @my2cents @ef141, @Doublecrosser, @sd_shadow, @Mentor.37, @TStarGermany
    For those that did not make the list, please send me a PM to be included. Thank all of you, very, very much!

    Update:
    If you go and look at the Edits for this post, you see that I have updated this post several times today from anything as minor as spelling to important stuff as additional procedures and tips. Each time I update the post, I have to perform that totally PITA process of recreating the downloadable pdf file so if you did save the pdf early on, go back and download the latest version. Thanks you everyone for your support for this Guide and I am very pleased to provide something important to the thread that may reduce the frustration and questions that are sent to the Help Desk every day. This should provide you with everything you need! :good:
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    JakeDHS07
    JakeDHS07
    Hello everyone. You don't know me but my name is Brian. I've been a friend of Shaun's known here as JakeDHS07 for many years. He's been apart of this community and working with the CM ROM for years. I come here regretfully to inform all of you that Shaun has passed away and is no longer with us. I want you all to know that he spoke very highly of his work here and all the people he associated with. I am currently trying to decide what to do with his old account as I do not have a XDA of my own and am looking to help out in his stead. He was a good man and sadly taken from us far too soon. He was only 25. Here's to you Shaun. Anyone is welcome to post any messages they would like and I will be sure to forward them to his family. I'm sure they would love to see how much their son was appreciated. Thank you for your time.

    DROID RAZR MAXX CM 11 JBX KERNEL
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    S
    stargo
    For anyone who wants to play around with L:

    http://droid.cs.fau.de/cm-12.0/pre-alpha-test/

    Things to keep in mind:
    • Install this in a new slot! Do not upgrade any old system!
    • This is not a daily driver!
    • Installing newer cm-12 builds will likely require a complete wipe again (due to SELinux).
    • Many things are broken (Stock camera, Document browser, graphical glitches, ...). No need to report bugs right now.
    • This uses a patched version of the updater-binary to install on current safestrap-versions
    • To actually build this rom, you need to pick at least the following gerrit changes: 76777, 76871, 76936, 76950, 77520, 77673, 77674
    • The following diff against android_device_motorola_omap4-common is also needed: http://droid.cs.fau.de/cm-12.0/pre-alpha-test/android_device_motorola_omap4-common.patch

    One thing would be interesting for me: Does 3G/1X work on VZW-devices in the US? I can't really test that from here...
    And does LTE work and actually transmit data?

    Cheers,
    Michael
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    hakarune
    hakarune
    So I saw a few post and questions about CM11 and also about bug fixes; I thought I'd consolidate everything into one post, maybe @ktimque can add this to the OP.

    Setting up CM11 on the RAZR
    Do a fresh install if coming from any other ROM including CM 10/10.1/10.2; only dirty flash over previous CM11 install (you may still encounter errors though).
    SafeStrap 3.65 Required for CM11 install, previous SS and BMM do not work.

    Note: For BMM there is a supposed workaround - You need to download this file as an archive. Open it and then and replace CM 11's Meta-Inf folder with the one from the archive you downloaded. And flash modified CM 11 zip without problem. That's all. Mirror
    Credit to @anticor248

    Download the nightly you want: Link

    Get the Gapps of your choice:
    • Dhacker: Link || Mirror (Best for CM11 IMO)
    • PA-gapps: Link (MINI MODULAR is best IMO for PA-gapps)

    Optional:
    JBX Kernel (has the Moto X Camera + 720p fix): Link
    Must be flashed after each OTA update to get back camera and kernel

    Bugs w/Fixes:

    • Camera Doesn't Work on Nightlies 12/18-12/27
      • JBX Kernel (has the Moto X Camera + 720p fix) || Must be flashed after each OTA update to get back camera and kernel
        • Link (also allows to store camera pics to SD)
      • To fix the camera w/o JBX:
    • WiFi Occasionally Not Connecting:
      • Toggle Airplane Mode on & off
    • GPS not Locking
      • Wipe Dalvik+Cache and reboot.
      • Open GPS Status and download aGPS data and see lock
    • Occasional Complete loss of service [CDMA/Spyder]
      • Jump over to stock ROM (Stock Slot on SS)
      • Wipe Dalvik+cache
      • Boot to Stock and acquire signal
      • Boot back to CM11
      • If doesn't fix, switch to stock slot and revert to stock and re-root with DROID RAZR Utility XT912 and reinstall SS and boot back to CM11 (it'll still be there).

    Bugs/Not Working:
    • App2SD
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