[Motorola Droid 4] Ohmster:
What say Shadow!

Alright man, let me make sure I understand you correctly. If what you are saying is what I already do, then I get it.

Currently, I download the rom of choice, let's say cm-11-20150426-UNOFFICIAL-spyder.zip from Michael's server. I then move that into the phone, /sdcard/cmupdater/, and then update OTA like anything else because the rom will already be "downloaded" and show in the list.

If this is what you are telling me, I already do that. I have been praising this update/downgrade method we call "The Dwillian Dump" where you get the file or files you want on the phone, boot to recovery, wipe /system, /cache, and /dalvik. Now install rom and gapps if you like, reboot. No need to wipe cache and system again since they have already been wiped. This allows one to preserve one's /data directory and all settings and updates. Works a treat to downgrade as well as upgrade.

But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this is exactly what the OTA updater script does, without the options. If this is what you are telling me, I am already doing this. I put the new rom in /sdcard/cmupdater (On XT912) and the just go to OTA and tap to update. This is so simple a chimpanzee can do it. You do not need gapps, you do not need to go nuts wiping and installing, very quick, easy, and efficient. I am happy you posted this to help others use this very simple method to update builds. As a matter of fact, I am going to tag it for searching. Thank you Shadow! :cowboy:

Yeah I guess what I was requesting was a change in the cmupdater.apk file without realizing the scope of it. I was hoping with fingers crossed that the URL to download builds might be text in a system config file somewhere, not "hard coded" into an apk/binary executable file.

Now [MENTION=3457922]stargo[/MENTION] is truly a "Boy Wonder" or "Man Wonder" in his case. The guy is brilliant and coded much of the OMAP4 stuff himself. I never could figure out why minimum CPU frequency is grayed out in our menus until Michael told me he did that on purpose because certain configurations require a higher minimum CPU frequency such as "OK Google Detection" requires a minimum of 600MHz so forcing the CPU down to 300MHz would harm or disrupt the device. I never knew he did that, and on purpose, no less. I found out when I could no longer idle at 300 one day and tried everything to "force it down" like Trickster and was quite vocal about it in the Razr developer thread. Michael heard me, explained, and told me not to "force down the CPU". I shut off OK Google and my CPU idle went right back down to 300MHz again.

Michael can do almost *anything*, including changing the cmupdater apk if he wanted to, and maybe even allow a field for the URL of choice. Now I know that would not be easy or quick. And I have no right to make such a request. But it does make sense if it were possible for "a rainy day project" if not too demanding. The OFFICIAL CM11 OTA download URL to Official servers is quite dead and useless and will *never* serve a useful purpose again in CM11. This modification would really be worthwhile and put a nice gob of spit and polish on the rom.

But I confess I do not know the difficulties of such an endeavor, it might be *way* more effort and time than it is worth or not possible at all. I just hoped to plant the seed in Michael's head in the event it could be done and if he thought it was worth doing. OR, I would for sure settle for editing a system file where the updater URL was in text form, if such a file exists.

Thanks for helping me clear that up, [MENTION=4267571]sd_shadow[/MENTION]. You really are a decent guy! You help everybody and you really do have a very good understanding of all this stuff and are quite happy to share. Whatta guy! :D :good: :)

I do want to end this on a happy note. I am quite pleased overall with the cm11 Kit Kat rom. I think it is the very best complete rom to date for our Android phones. I left out CM12 because it is not finished yet and now that I have cm11 on stock, cm12 will most likely be my next project! Even using the CM11 updater manually is a LOT easier than doing the entire thing manually in Safe Strap. I wish that Mass Storage Mode with USB would not crash the phone everytime you unplug the USB cable though. CM12 will be coming very soon to an Ohmster phone near you. Please be kind all of you and help me get up to date and running when the time comes. I "know how to search and Google" so please save all that stuff for the hand. ;)

TAGS: cmupdater, OTA update, cm11 update