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[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
Why would you do that? if it is flash-able in a custom recovery it is no longer an Official Rom,

and who is using CWM?

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You need to flash stock Firmware in AP Fastboot mode to get Stock Kernel, Recovery, bootloader...
[Motorola Droid 4] will5:
Hi, I though safestrap recovery was based on cwm. It´s twrp :)

I think is a good option to have a stock rom rooted for use in another slot. Most phones has stock rooted roms. Didnt find any for xt894.
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
you can make a backup in twrp, and restore in another slot, or use one of the modified stock roms in the index

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i would restore a backup of stock rom first, then install the modified stock
[Motorola Droid 4] will5:
Thanks again.

Made a nandroid but started from scratch with a clean 18.8 rom, root, safestrap and mentor rom patch and everything went fine :)

Only missing from other roms, is the battery percentage mod. There is any for this rom?

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid 4] will5:
After using this rom for 1 or 2 days, Im experiencing some problems with apn.

Sometimes apn is empty, other times it read my apn data from simcard.

When was empty, I created a new one with my apn config, but after some hours, it just dissapeared.
[Motorola Droid 4] sebamariano:
with this rom is not necessary to install the patch gsm.

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[Motorola Droid 4] Ralse:
I give up, whenever I try to install any rom (except for cyanogenmod, but it doesn't recognise my sim) it just says 'Failed'in safestrap.

I ordered a moto x play, I too crave for a physical keyboard but my droid4 just can't compete anymore battery and spec wise.

I cry over it's grave... Hope yours lasts untill a good alternative comes out.
[Motorola Droid 4] sebamariano:
you can add the option to select the 4G networks menu.

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[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
In this rom i totally disabled the cdma and the lte because with this phone they can't be used in almost every part of the world except in the US with Verizon, this is an hardware limit because for the 4G the xt894 uses the frequency at 700MHz that is usually used only by Verizon.

Disabling the cdma and the lte i had more free ram and minor battery usage, in this way with this rom the phone is much more responsive and it has a better battery life.

In conclusion, for the above motives, i do not have in plain to re-enable the lte in this rom.
[Motorola Droid 4] sebamariano:
Hi, thanks for the answer, in Argentina the 700MHz band is lawful. for 4g, so we wondered if you might have the option to test whether it may work. Thank you.

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[Motorola Droid 4] Ninoh-FOX:
A question, when i bought the phone in aliex**** the official rom in the phone was 4.1.2 with global signal setting, but, when i flashed the stock rom from factory cable (the led control fail in the other rom) only can chose lta, then i flashed this zip, the patch for gsm works great, but... how can i activated again global signal setting? I not find nothing about this but the global signal setting works with everything.

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[Motorola Droid 4] KusioST:
Hello

I installed the Mentor's Rom.zip file withotut signature verification on Stock Rom (factory ROM from Verizon), but nothing happend. There was no factory reset. Everything was in this same way.

My version is 9.8.2O-72_VZW-18-9 not 9.8.2O-72_VZW-18-8. Maybe this is reason?

Regards

Kusio
[Motorola Droid 4] Ninoh-FOX:
the battery drain is brutal, the screen cost about a 60% of battery in a hour... can i fix this? Thanks (I bought the gold battery "2800" and i wait that arrive, maybe can it fix this?)
[Motorola Droid 4] saljut7:
Hello Mentor,

after some months of using your mod I'm very satisfied, thank you!

Just one thing is still a little bit strange. To my question for a Mod without Play Store you answered me:

...but related to my logs given by AFWall+ the Play Store application trys to connect to some IP evry frequently.

Correct me if I'm wrong but this is not what I would call "if you are not logged in it then it will be as if it is not installed", is it?

Edit:

In addition to this I have another question related to your Mod which may be a stupid question for pro users but: Is Mentor's Mod vulnerable for stagefright exploits and if yes will there be fixes? I looked for "stagefright" in this thread but there were no results.
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
To test you can simply use the stock rom without this my update.

There isn't any option to re-enable the global settings, did you read the main thread? I totally removed any setting about the cdma and the lte.

As wrote in the main thread the rom can be installed only on the 18-8.

This doesn't depend on this rom.

Honestly i always used the play store so at this point i can't answer for sure at this question and i don't have the time to further investigate, anyway you can lock those ip through the file hosts or you can try to totally removing the remaining gapps.

About the stagefright exploits this rom is vulnerable and i can't fix the problem because i can't simply recompile the libs but i should work reverse engineering them and I don't have the time, anyway you can protect from Stagefright by disabling mms autofetch.

Finally I recommend to anyone is using this rom to update at the last version of december 2015, this update will automatically perform a factory reset.
[Motorola Droid 4] Ninoh-FOX:
Ok, thanks, I bougth new replacements for the phone from america (the phone is recicled in china...), great rom.

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a question, I have modified rom (deodex) after installing your previous version, I guess I can not upgrade to the last, no? In addition, I have apks installed on your system.

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[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
No, in this condition you can't upgrade otherwise you will soft-brick the phone.

Why you deodexed an optimized odexed rom?
[Motorola Droid 4] Ninoh-FOX:
For more size in system partition, and yes... I can not install the new patch, the previous patch works, but with the new android not finish booting.

Your patch use the odex files from original stock rom, doesn't?

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[Motorola Droid 4] Ninoh-FOX:
Other question, in a clean stock rom, I only need install the last patch or the two last patchs? It is because I saw that this patch is very diferent to the previous.

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[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
This rom uses a part of .odex files from stock rom.

The new version available for the download is the Multilanguage version, with the past december update I ended the development and I decided to make it available for everyone.

The Multilanguage version includes the Fast Dormancy and a lot of new stuff, you can see the entire changelog in the updated main thread.

The Multilanguage version is about 155mb versus the Multilocale version that was about 12mb.

You have to install only the Multilanguage version on the 18-8 stock rom.

Thanks to everyone those supported me during this long development.
[Motorola Droid 4] Ninoh-FOX:
Ok, then I mod a little the update, thanks

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[Motorola Droid 4] Ninoh-FOX:
I install your update in a clean rom it is great. (After I deodexer this and swap memorycards)

Today arrived me the new battery, but the screen continue draining the battery very fast. How I can fix this?

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Every parts of the phone (exception the motherboard) are news.
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
I can't know what and how you modded the rom so for bug reports you should use my untouched rom anyway if in use the display is the biggest battery drainer for every phone and rom so if in 6h it has been on 4h then everythings is normal, for this reason a good battery report should be as this and as you can see in this rom there aren't problems with the display and the battery draining, so you have to search you problem elsewhere.
[Motorola Droid 4] Ninoh-FOX:
OK, the only changes I have made are what deoxdes and exchange of Internal memorycard by external and original SystemUI.apk, nothing more, anyway, if you say that this is normal I'm calmer.
[Motorola Droid 4] sebamariano:
I have full GSM signal, but when I change umts is one bay, there is a solution.

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[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
Seems to me that you aren't using the last version, please install the last version and test it.

P.S.: if you come from a non Multilanguage version your /data partition will be automatically formatted.
[Motorola Droid 4] yffynnon:
download interrupted?

Hi. Been trying to download Mentor's very helpful sounding rom - maserati_jb_gsm_multilanguage_20160214.zip - from the internauta37 link but for reasons that escape me the download keeps getting interrupted; tried a good 20 times today alone! I wonder / would greatly appreciate it if perhaps someone could provide another link to the ROM as I'm trying to get my DROID 4 mobile data and tethering to work from the UK. Thanks. Bernard
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
The download links work without problems, I just tried and I downloaded successfully both the roms, please retry with a different browser and in case of difficulty you can contact me via email through my site.
[Motorola Droid 4] yffynnon:
Thanks. Tried again without joy. Same result, download interrupted in the late 20mbs. Guess better try from a different location with different WIFI connection. Will email.
[Motorola Droid 4] yffynnon:
Download works fine! Seems the problem was with my wifi network. Thanks.
[Motorola Droid 4] ariomano:
Can i upload the SO version to 4.3(or higher) with this rom? Or do i have to install other rom with other SO version?

sorry for stupid question, i am new with this stuff

nice rom by the way, great job
[Motorola Droid 4] fokkewolf:
I did install the latest version, then the patch. Still got very low signal. In the hidden menu "GSM Auto (PRL)" is selected. Any advice?
[Motorola Droid 4] rabinhood:
I believe this ROM is already GSM patched. In my case signal is similar to unpatched ROMs (neither great, nor poor, just normal), but battery drain is much lower.
[Motorola Droid 4] mihai_nightrideer_86:
i cannot install this rom on my 4.1.2 droid 4 xt894 , i have tried so many times that i really have now no clue what to do next

i tried first to install with to my 4.1.2 daily rom ,rooted (a long time ago ) with razr_blade , with apps and other stuff. installed safestrap 3.75 and recovery ,made backup , copied mentor's rom to sd card, rebooted to recovery

when tried to install mentor's rom zip following the exact steps as , gave error :

mounting etc ,checking existing install , installation aborted , this rom is for xt894 , this rom is for 9.8.20-72_vzw-18-8! deleting temp files ,unmounting etc

i then tried to install android 5.1, installed without problem

tried also 6.0 , also installed without problem,but i kinda hate it so i want this rom!!!i like the stock interface more.

i thought maybe i should make a clean install of the system original rom,so i wiped everything out and reinstalled stock jellybean 4.1.2 from adb with : DROID_4_Utility_Jellybean_XT894_WinMacLin , then rooted with razr_blade , installed safestrap 3,75 ,install recovery , rebooted , tried again to flash mentor's rom , but again same error :

mounting etc ,checking existing install , installation aborted , this rom is for xt894 , this rom is for 9.8.20-72_vzw-18-8! deleting temp files ,unmounting etc

even tried to add the second zip file the gapps purifier and that one worked , but this maserati rom always gives error..

please,what to do?!

i really want to keep the orignal rom but to make the hotspot work and get rid of that annoyng "unknown sources" sim error and other usless verizon services :(
[Motorola Droid 4] rabinhood:
Have you tried flashing genuine stock ROM, root, safestrap? I had a similar problem, and solved it somehow, but I really don't remember how. One thing I know is that there are differences depending on what tool was used for rooting. When I used one click kingroot, safestrap couldn't install ROMs, and always compalined about not enough space. Installing stock firmware, and rooting with adb from PC helped.
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
This rom is already patched for GSM and you don't have to also install the gsm patch, i advice you to uninstall it because the optimization in the rom should be better than that in the patch that is more generic.

As wrote in the dowload's page and as the installer tells you, this rom can be installed only on the stock rom 9.8.20-72_vzw-18-8.

To install this base rom you can use DROID_4_Utility_Jellybean_VZW-18-8_CFC_WinMacLin.zip, you can find it with a simple search on Google.
[Motorola Droid 4] fokkewolf:
Ehh, point is I wouldn't get good signal with the rom itself, or with any other patches. Ended up installing CM11 and the GSM patch over it. That turned out to work out well, so there's that :)
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
Did you try with a clean install of this rom?

This is really strange considering that there shouldn't be any big difference between this rom and the CM11 with the gsm patch installed but this rom should have a better signal.

To be sure you should compare the power in db and not only the signal icon but if for you everything is working correctly you can leave everything as it is.
[Motorola Droid 4] ahjee:
my only language is english. where is the link at on the site? also can my girlfriend use this being that she only speaks english as well? this rom just seems the most suitable

is the rom in an xml file instead of zip? that's all i could find
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
You must click on the button named "Richiedi Download".

This is a multilanguages rom so no problem for english user.

The rom is a zip file.
[Motorola Droid 4] StevePritchard:
I'm not in a position to replace my ROM at the moment (maybe when I have some free time - I've never flashed an Android phone before), but I'm wondering whether it's possible to apply your Messaging/MMS fix to the stock ROM (rooted) - is it possible with a replacement Messaging.apk, or some settings, or something?

Cheers,

Steve.
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
You must edit build.prop for gsm and you must add a correct apn file for european gsm.
[Motorola Droid 4] StevePritchard:
So am I right in thinking I can't do that without re-flashing?
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
You can but is faster to install this rom with safestrap.
[Motorola Droid 4] ahjee:
sorry I'm a noob with the motorola phones and this droid 4. It's my girlfriends phone...shes rooted and has safestrap 3.05 but i'm not sure how to install the safestrap zip you provided, when i try to through the recovery it fails...the last verison of safestrap i managed to get was in an apk for which was unusual i thought but anyway can you instruct me how to upgrade
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
Let's use safestrap to install the zip file withotut signature verification.
[Motorola Droid 4] StevePritchard:
I see you said that it can be installed as an update so you don't lose any data. I downloaded the version from the eMail, but it says it's a "Lite" version - what languages does that have in it? There's not much point in installing that if it doesn't have English UK, so I'd probably consider paying for the full version.
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
In the Lite version there are optimizations gsm, all locales, all europeans APN but the rom is not fully translated into all languages.

In the Full version there are optimizations gsm, all locales, all europeans APN, all tts and vlingo languages and the rom is fully translated into all languages.

With the Full version you can correctly setup the phone after a factory restore and if you want you can too uninstall safestrap and unroot the phone.

Is a full GSM Rom update for European user.
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
Download Page

Download page full translated in english.
[Motorola Droid 4] Earl grey:
Hi Mentor,

thanks for your work.

When i make the update. The installation stopeed because the "signature verification failed"

Have you an idea for solve my problem ?

My phone is a droid 4 xt894 verizon
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
R: [ROM GSM] Mentor's Rom (lang: da de el en_GB fi fr it nb nl pl pt pt_PT sv tr) 03/

You have to install without signature verification.
[Motorola Droid 4] Earl grey:
Where can i disable this option ? I don't find it in the phone
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
R: [ROM GSM] Mentor's Rom (lang: da de el en_GB fi fr it nb nl pl pt pt_PT sv tr) 03/

On safestap, before flashing.
[Motorola Droid 4] Earl grey:
Well, i'm sorry by advance if the solution is easy because i don't find how to do it in safetrap. I've reinstalled it but still nothing futhermore when i select the last four, the phone just reboot.

Could you tell me where is the option ?
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
R: [ROM GSM] Mentor's Rom (lang: da de el en_GB fi fr it nb nl pl pt pt_PT sv tr) 03/

The option is where you select the zip file to flash.
[Motorola Droid 4] Earl grey:
What's the name of the option because i've tried every one
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
What version of safestrap are you using?

In the safestrap 3.11 you have to deselect "verification signature" in the same manu before you swipe to flash the zip file.
[Motorola Droid 4] Earl grey:
I found the problem. I'm sorry, the old owner don't keep the phone rooted.

Thank you very much for your help and thank you for your rom. She works perfectly in french
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
R: [ROM GSM] Mentor's Rom (lang: da de el en_GB fi fr it nb nl pl pt pt_PT sv tr) 26/

Perfect, is now available the last and final ICS update.

The next update will be a JB version.
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
Mentor's Rom for JB

Released a stable and full working Mentor's Rom 2.1 for JB
[Motorola Droid 4] DiMacho:
In Dutch/NL:

Answer = Opnemen

Ignore = Negeren

Text = SMS or Bericht

I am going to check out your ROM. Will give an update later
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
Thank's, I will add this in next ICS update.
[Motorola Droid 4] maisdoiscorregos:
Thank for great work, the icon battery could count on porcentegem.
[Motorola Droid 4] Janaboy:
Hello!

Can be possible put into the rom hungarian language?

Thanks!

Janaboy
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
I could create a patch because I want to leave the rom as the original.

I can try but I assure you nothing.
[Motorola Droid 4] Tranzior:
There are no active links to download a ROM
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
The link is in first post.

You can download the rom from my site.
[Motorola Droid 4] NicoDJ:
Hi,

You promise 'Improved quality of GSM signal', which was the reason I installed your rom.

Sadly I don't see any improvement in the (bad) gsm/umts reception.

Can you tell me what you meant by your statement? What did you fix?

Thanks

Netherlands - KPN - Droid 4 - JB
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
Did you do a factory reset?

I edited all settings about CDMA to GSM not only in build.prop. For me the quality of GSM signal is better.
[Motorola Droid 4] NicoDJ:
I did not do a factory reset.

I suppose doing so means that I will have to install everything all over again?

What do you mean by 'quality of GSM signal is better', do you get more bars in the reception indicator?
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
I have 5 bar in GSM and 3 bar in UMTS, where i live UMTS have not a good signal.

If you do a factory reset you lose yours data.
[Motorola Droid 4] maisdoiscorregos:
You will include these improvements in rom jb?

- Percent on battery

- Added widgets in status bar

Thanks for great works.
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
Yes, i will add these improvements in the next JB update.
[Motorola Droid 4] the-unknown:
If i install it via safestrap and go back to stock, there isnt a german language. if i look to the status window in ss, i think there is a mistake.

I attached the log
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
Do you have new locales in Settings?

There are no error in the log.
[Motorola Droid 4] the-unknown:
no i haven't

but i have seen that i have done it wrong. now it works with the lite version and i get the full version soon (i send you an e mail ;) )
[Motorola Droid 4] the-unknown:
is hit possible to integrate the circle mod into your rom? i really miss it. i cannot find the mod for stock
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
This is not possible, circle widget only work on hd launcher.

You could manually add hd launcher and circle widget.
[Motorola Droid 4] the-unknown:
I think you mean another widget than i.

I mean that one in the statusbar as by cm10. The battery circlemod. I have searched a lot but i couldn't find something like that
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
ah ok, i did this on ICS but for JB:
[Motorola Droid 4] the-unknown:
ah okay. i didn't understood that that was meant in the post. hope it will work in the future
[Motorola Droid 4] xnopasaranx:
So as far as I understand this is not a rom but a mod? basically a script that strips all of the bloatware and replaces the build.prop cdma parameters with their respective gsm counterparts, also adding a couple of new locales?

please explain in detail what else this script changes in regards to GSM functionality as has beten requested by others before. Did you change anything in the modem Firmware? Update The ril?

Sorry for the suspicion but to me it seems like you are fishing for email addresses. I gave my email address and then received the link to download. i was not expecting that it would be temporary access only. then i saw that you are asking for 10 euros pay for this mod, calling it a donation. i find that a little suspicious. donations are usually voluntary. that's what makes it a donation: leaving it up to the donors if and how much they want to contribute.

so rather then donationware, this is payware. please explain to me why i should pay 10 euros for a script that is easily available to anyone for free (tobbes gsm script). what else does it add in functionality?
[Motorola Droid 4] the-unknown:
i thought that too, but i think its a good investment

for me, the best thing is that it translates the whole rom to all european languages
[Motorola Droid 4] Mentor.37:
All the rom based on stock rom are deodexed mods. I did my odexed rom for me and then i packed it as update to have a not very large file to share and to use it on stock rom.

The Lite version for ICS and JB are about 10 mb and can be downloaded witouth any donation.

The Full version for ICS is about 70 mb.

The Full version for JB is about 110 mb.

As I wrote before I re-edited a lot of settings in rom app apk to enable default gsm and bypass all verizon lock, not only in build.prop but not in radio.

I have not added a couple of new locales but i added 18 new locales and in Full version I translated all stock app in all 18 new locales.

About the email addresses request if you gave your then you know that i'm not spamming but i use it to notify the rom's updates.

For my choice if you want download a my work i want your email address, if you do not want leave your email address no problem, do not download and go elsewhere.

Before I did this my works were linked everywhere and people downloaded them without even thank. I hated this.

In the Full version you will have all app translated in all new locales and others, you will have the stock rom as would have done the motorola if he had released this terminal in europe.

If you do not wont it you can use the Lite version or you can use other rom; This is not a my problem.

If you can not appreciate my work or do not share it I'm sorry but it's not my problem.

Thanks' for your feedback.