[Motorola Droid 4] Lum_UK:
Discontinued. Just use Mentor's ROM instead!

The aim of this ROM is to remove as much annoyance (e.g. blur and bloat) as possible from the stock ROM while making as few changes as possible. By default it is aimed at GSM users, my attempts at adding CDMA back in by a patch did not end well (no data) so I'm just concentrating on GSM now. The CDMA patch is here if anyone wants to have a go at fixing it.

Current Version: V1.2.1

Download links:

>>> MAIN ROM V1.2 <<<

>>> Patch to V1.2.1 <<<

Make sure you flash the patch immediately after the main ROM, before booting!​

Changes from stock are:

Removed about 200MB of useless apps

Removed all Verizon apps, including those needed for CDMA to work.

Added the following inverted GApps, replacing the blur equivalents where applicable:

- Email

- Messaging

- Google Talk

- YouTube

- Exchange

- GMail

- Camera

- Gallery

Disabled QE spyware (much faster boot)

Disabled MotoCast CDROM automount when connecting USB cable

Added international APNs

The following blur apps are still present:

Calendar

Contacts

Launcher

The blur versions of the calendar and contact apps aren't really that bad, and are proving problematic to replace. The launcher is easily replaced with any launcher from the Play Store. I left the stock one in place as it works well with webtop.

What's working?

Hopefully everything!

What's not working?

Setup Wizard crashes at the start, but frankly who cares, I will remove it completely in 1.3

CDMA

Sending MMS (doesn't work in stock for me either - use Handcent if you actually use MMS)

This is not a kexec ROM, it will only work if your stock ROM is the new JB OTA. If you are still on ICS or Gingerbread it will not work. Kfazz is working on a flashable update to convert stock-based ROMs into kexec, I will add that update when it is ready.

I have gone with inverted GApps because this phone has a pentile screen, black apps use less battery than white ones. I also personally prefer them.

This is very much something I'm working on for my own use which I have decided to share. I am sure that MyFishBear or Olegfusion will eventually come along with a much better done ROM at some point in the future, if they do then I'd encourage you to use it, but for now this works for me, maybe it will work for you too!

Help needed:

If I install the stock calendar app, instead of the Moto one, it refuses to sync and force closes if you choose select calendars to sync.

Someone in the USA to make a CDMA patch that actually works!

These are not bugs in the current ROM, they are enhancements I'd like to make but don't yet know how. The calendar does work fine in this ROM and it is intended primarily for GSM users.

Install instructions.

All users: Ensure that your stock rom is the JB OTA, then flash from within Safestrap in the usual way, immediately followed by the patch

Note that there is no superuser.apk in this ROM. You can install either SuperUser or SuperSU from the Play Store.

Disclaimer: If this ROM causes your phone to explode I am not responsible.

Changelog:

V1.0: Initial release.

V1.1: Disabled QE, disabled MotoCast CD, Fixed broken phone.apk.

V1.2: Added international APNs, Repackaged as a flashable .zip file.

V1.2.1: Patch to fix broken phone and contacts apps on a fresh install.

Thanks:

MyFishBear - This ROM is based on his deodexed stock ROM.

Olegfusion - For the info on how to remove QE and MotoCast

Hashcode - For Safestrap, of course :)