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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I am on it too. Yes there are some black screens. Not enough to make me throw it through the wall yet, so I can put up with it to see what the next nigly builds improve. My biggest secret is to find a build, love it, make a Safe Strap backup of it, and revert when necessary. 06/17 was pretty good, 19 was not bad either. (6/07 was a good "day to day" rom that you could use day to day.

Testing and identifying these builds and their activity is a great boon to this thread and is *always* appreciated. Gosh I am falling asleep in the chair like I did last night. Not this time. Goodnight everyone. ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
Moved to 06/21 and seems OK, 06/20 was good for me. Made a backup in case.

Looks like screen a little slow to wake on a call. But only been running a few hours so far. But seems very similar to previous builds. Been updating from 06/14 to 16 to 17 to 18 to 19 and 20 - haven't had any major issues. Not feeling as confident about 06/21 as I do about 06/20 quite as yet. Let's hear what others say. Just wanted to see this heads up thing really.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cekunx:
without any additional settings, build 20/06 seems smoother than 21/06 when opening app or scrolling setting for me
[Motorola Droid RAZR] GTiceman:
Just moved to 6/21 and MMS sending seems more sluggish than times past. Too soon for me to report anything else.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] segordon:
I used cmupdater yesterday and took 6-21. So far I have not seen any problems on my end. MMS works fine for me, I have not had any black screens at all ( I haven't had any since the first 4.4.3 build), I used it somewhat between minimal moderate. Calls, SMS, MMS, allcast for two movies and here are my battery shots.

I uninstalled Google now launcher and trebuchet because I use apex pro. I have BlackKat installed as my system theme. And I use 7null as my apex theme. I set window animation scale, transition animation scale and animator duration scale under developer options all to .50.

I stay with the stock kernel because it seams that when I use jbx something always goes bad. [MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION] said it is because the nightlies are updated daily whereas jbx is not. I have not had good luck with jbx so I stay with the stock kernel and I don't have any problems.

Tapped from my Razr Maxx from the dark side of CM11 4.4.4!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
I'm on 6/21. I like it. Here are a couple of things that i noticed:

1. When I am on my home screen and I press the app drawer button, there is a little lag and I can see something flash in the background as the app drawer opens.

2. Orange bars are going to haunt us forever...

3. I used HDMI today and it worked great. however, when I unplugged my phone went to a static looking screen and was stuck there. I had to hard reboot to get back up and running.

4. When someone calls, it takes a couple of rings for the screen light up.

Moving on to 6/22.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mikeoswego:
Does your audio work over HDMI? Mine doesn't although it does on the stock ROM.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
Yeah. No problem with audio. I do think that the mic isn't working as well when I record lately though.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] segordon:
I do not have any orange bar issues with 6-21 whatsoever. How are you updating?

I have not used HDMI so I cannot speak of this issue.

I don't have any lag when someone calls.

Tapped from my Razr Maxx from the dark side of CM11 4.4.4!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Noe!:
6/21 is going fine so far. Nothing bad to report yet.

Sent from my XT912 using the XDA App.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
I did a clean install of 6/21 and then used CM updater to get to 6/22. Now I don't have any vibrator function. When I used the volume keys from the home screen the volume does not beep either. However, if I go to the volume settings, I hear sound. Not sure why the vibrator quit working? Maybe it physically gave up? I will see if it comes back. Anyone else?

By the way, do you use WIFI a lot? Because you wont see orange bars with WIFI. I run LTE most of the time.

EDIT: So a reboot fixed my vibrator and sound problem. 6/22 seems to be a solid build as I let it settle in.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] drewski_1:
I get orange bars with both LTE & WiFi
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
Just a small bug, I guess you can call it, I noticed when on 06/20.

Doubt it's device specific, so a general cm bug (rather unclear/vague wording). If downloading 2 (probably more as well) files with the download manager (like downloads initiated in chrome) and you pause one of the files, the notification will say queued, even though one is still downloading (I think a progress bar is still going though).

Rather, it should say "Downloading, 1 queued" or something.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nthaifisch:
Dear members,

above is my original post.

Thank you Ohmster and DumbleCore so far.

I have the Umts_Spyder on my external card and I charged my phonne the whole weekend, but it seems like the battery is dead.

This morning I plugged it off and I could boot to the recovery modus. (Volume +/- and start button -> Recovery) There you can see the dead android.

When I push Volume +/- the phone asks me if I want to install sth from the sd card. Yes, but when I choose the umts_spyder, the verification fails and the installation is aborted.

When I try it a second time, the phone just got off and I can't switch it on again nor can I boot into the recovery modus.

I will try to download the umts_spyder again but I also think that my battery is dead.

What would your expertise say?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
In this case I guess u don't have safestrap installed anymore.

U can not install custom roms from stock recovery! Put ur phone into ap fastboot mode,put it to wall charger for an hour or two, get rsd lite and the fastboot files for ur region, it's important to get the right version, u had official JB before? So u need the 4.1.2 fastbootfiles, get them on sbf.developers.org I think, if u r on ics and in EU, i've uploaded an all in one package here, with fastboot files, one click root, rsd lite and all drivers....

U know how to handle rsd? There are tutorials how to use it!

I recovered my phone a lot of times with low battery warning in fastboot,after I left it charge an hour in fastboot mode, give it a try!

If u need more help just ask, I'll try to help when I got time

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] nthaifisch:
Hi DumbleCore,

I have the UMTS-spyder ROM build 4.

In that case, which fastbootfiles are needed?

I don't know RSD Lite but I will check the board for that.

Thank you so far ^^

Regards,

Hai
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
Region belongs to Asia, Europe etc..... For example, I've to use spdrem JB EU 4.1.2 bla, bla, bla for Europe Germany

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Noe!:
Anyone know how to install custom boot animations? I found a couple for CyanogenMod but I don't know how to install them

Sent from my XT912 using the XDA App.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
Rename the file to bootanimation.zip(zip is the extension) Then move the file to /System/Media. If it only shows the android bootanimation, it is best to use the jrummy boot animation app.

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You can also apply a custom boot animation through the new theme chooser. Only if the theme has a built in boot animation.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Noe!:
Thanks, but the ones I found had instructions saying I need an unlocked bootloader and I'm not sure if that is truly necessary or not.

Sent from my XT912 using the XDA App.

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Here are said custom boot animations featuring the new Cyanogen logo. They are really beautiful. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2767146

Sent from my XT912 using the XDA App.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
It will work without an unlocked bootloader.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] drewski_1:
if you put the bootanimation.zip into /data/local it will survive a new ROM flash (if you don't wipe /data)

in /system/media you will need to re-copy the file after a flash.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mikeoswego:
This is from [Boot Animation / Logo] CYANOGEN Custom BootAnimations & Logos - xda-developers

replace the bootanimation.zip you'll find in system/media folder,

set the good permissions,

and reboot ...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Thank you fellows, thank you all very much for your diligent reporting on how this build is going for you all. It is the *best* tool that we have to track which builds are good and which to stay away from.

JBX Kernel

IS updated, just not at the rate that cm11 is updated. We have cm11 updates every single day for weeks. JBX is NOT updated that frequently, not sure what his update schedule is, but not the same as ours. Michael, our developer Stargo has sent updated code information to dtrail1 many times when the code is updated rapidly.

I am on 06/21 now and like it. I will make a Safe Strap backup before I go too far to revert in the event I catch a bad build. But this is how it woks:

Install a build and tell how, OTA or manual

Pay attention and notice anything abnormal

Report your install, anything good/bad about it, try a few basic things like WiFi, GPS, SMS, wake from blackscreen and mention anything significant.

Report back a day or two later on whatever you find that is broken or causing problems

If you do not post a follow up post, then we must take for granted that the build is working for you

You can even put Build Report: at the top of your post if you want so people can search for them. Then you update your friends and fellow Members what, if any issues exist in a particular build so that they can safely install it or best to skip the build until something more stable comes out.

You guys did a great job, thank you all very much! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I am now on 06/21, it is pretty good. I will make a Safe Strap backup, download and install 06/23 OTA, then report back on how it is after running it for a day, checking things, and driving some to check signal strength. Some lot of it is theme engine stuff so this could be "iffy". Too tired for anymore yak.

TTYS. :eek:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mondcg:
Many cm-based 4.4.2 roms had a bug which caused a resize of background/wallpaper. I ota'ed the 21/6 over M7 and am very happy that this (even if it's not that immportant) annoying bug is fixed.

Great work!

Still having problems with wifi dataspeed even when only some feet next to antenna.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] krestian:
No, sorry, only XT910 here.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
It's okay. He either has it or don't need it anymore as he is not saying anything about it. Hey [MENTION=2774395]my2cents[/MENTION] I am still on 06/23 and it is still rocking. No issues, calls come right through, black screen not as bad or there at all. Nothing but good so far for Build 06/23. No signal or orange icons to speak of either. You want to try that one? 06/07 is a very stable build too! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
Ohmster, I pulled the file down that you posted. I flashed it and she still had problems with MMS. So, I installed 6/21 and then did a factory reset. It seems to have fixed it. Thanks for the help.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
I've been reading that some of you are lucky enough to not have orange bars anymore. That is not the case for me. Maybe I am just unlucky. Anyway, the orange bars only show up when I am using the network. If I am on WIFI, I dont have them. I am currently on 6/24. It has been very good. Sips battery, responses nicely, just works like it should. I'm happy! Also, I havent had any APN issues since I did a factory reset. Maybe something was carrying through from build to build?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mikeoswego:
I think that the orange bar issues is as much a Verizon issue as a CM problem. Everything works fine on my phone (browser, tether, sms/mms) when there are orange bars. I don't get notifications about new GMails if there are orange bars. Thing is, when I was still on the stock ROM, the GMail notification was completely unreliable so I've never counted on it anyway.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
I don't have the orange bar problem anymore. I think that changing the apns-conf.xml file is what fixed it. I downloaded it from this thread somewhere but I'm not sure which one that I used so I will just upload my copy.

Just unzip and put in system/etc/ on your device (delete the original first) then reboot. I have flashed newer versions of CM over this but either they fixed the issues upstream or the file doesn't get overwritten.

Not only does this fix Orange bars but it also fixes LTE dropping to 3g randomly and the slow data lock after dropping wifi signal.

Hope that this helps.

P.S. I'm on build 20140623

EDIT: 20140625 just came out.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
Have you tried booting into stock to see if the problem goes away?

I don't think the orange bars are a Verizon problem. If I boot back into my stock ROM I do not have the problem (i.e., the bars are almost always blue indicating a good connection to Google servers). Meanwhile if I boot back into CM the problem will persist.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Noe!:
Google I/O 2014 started today. New Android version confirmed. Hopefully once it starts rolling out in the fall, we'll be abled to get a taste of it on our RAZR.

Sent from my XT912 using the XDA App.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] krestian:
Fresh news from the Front

I just updated from 0619 to 0624 last night. So far, feeling better than 0619, might be placebo although I doubt that. I can tell the difference in snappiness and general fluidity.

Haven't found any issues so far. Battery also seems to be within the standard range so far (9 hours rolling, ~3,6% / hour average).

Orange bars, haven't noticed any. Notice, though, that this is XT910 I'm talking about.

Cheers,
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Awesome buddy! :laugh:

You have been plagued with APN and MMS issues forever! All of the individual system hacks never seemed to clear up this issue. Personally, I do not like to perform system hacks unless I am gaining something that isn't normally available, like root for example. APN should not be an issue. When a phone is turned on for the first time, it puts it's hard coded system ID out there. Verizon or whoever picks it up and recognize you as their customer and provides the initial data connection to complete the setup wizard. THAT is where you get your initial APN from. How come it never worked before, I don't know. These are nightly builds so you never know what you are going to get.

I am really glad you got this to work, so, do yourself a favor. If it really works for a day or two, make a Safe Strap backup and give it your own name. "build date--comment--BU date". When giving a backup your own name, backspace all that nonsense out and do this (Do NOT append the date as you already did that):

06-21-14--good_MMS--06-25-14

Safe Strap gives you these ridiculous very long names that tell you nothing. At least the example name above tells the build, comment, and backup date. Very informative. And if something in the future knocks things out, you can restore this backup and be fine. Before the backup, update all apps, Xposed modules, and activate Xposed modules with a reboot if necessary. Then when you restore, you are ready to rock and roll, Ba-bee! :D

Great news 2¢. At least now I know that * something* worked. ;)

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I do not have an XT910 so this does not help me directly, but I *had* to give you Thanks because information for XT910 owners is scarce and hard to find. Not to mention a totally different radio system, GSM instead of USA standard of CDMA. [MENTION=4563968]kristian[/MENTION] if you do build installs, please give a build report when you can, method (OTA or manual) and especially how it works after a day. Like you just did. That's really good stuff for the 910 people, they always get left in the dust and as much as I wish I could change it, that's the way it is. :rolleyes:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
Anyone up for the task?:D

http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/25/Android-L/
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION], OK, now is the time for me to admit to some confusion. I thought I had the apn thing half-way puzzled out, but you've got my head twisted. If the initial apns-conf file is downloaded from your carrier at activation depending upon your SIM card ID, why does every after-market ROM (AOSP, AOKP, CM-based, Mokee or Blur-based) have the file all zipped up already in /system/etc? If those are maybe only "starter" files to establish connectivity, why are they not then overwritten, instead of staying the same as the copy in the installation zip? I would say if they were supposed to update automatically based upon your region, then CM is "broken" in that regard; however, so is every other after-market ROM I've investigated, since they remain what they started out as! The main difference I've found is that the apns-conf file in Blur-based ROMs seems to be the same as the one in my stock partition, whereas the file included with AOSP and similar ROMs seems to include a LOT of additional entries for different phones and different services.

Interestingly, looking only at my stock VZW apns-conf.xml, I find most of the entries are for SIM cards using different Carrier Codes and different Country Codes! And that's on a phone activated on Verizon in the state of New York, USA. That doesn't sound as though Verizon downloaded a specific file for where I live, OR who I'm using!

The confusion doesn't seem to be improving. Luckily, the builds are, and I haven't seen an apn problem since April...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mikeoswego:
I probably wasn't clear.. I do get orange bars from time to time but most of the time not. I just remember on the stock ROM, it wasn't unusual to have no GMail notification when there should have been; meaning there wouldn't have been blue bars at those times. It wasn't perfect on the stock ROM. I like CM11 enough that I'm not interested in going back to stock for long enough to make a valid comparison. :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
Any news? Fixed? Or still f)cked up? If ya still need help text me ?

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] scottgti:
Unfortunately this didn't fix my orange bar problem or strong 4g signal dropping to 3g repeatedly. Thanks for trying.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] segordon:
Has anyone had issues with setting up printer services. I have an HP C 8180 printer and it doesn't find it I have to go in and add it manually but even when its searching for printers it never shows up. So if anybody can give me a hand with this would like to go to get it setup so that I can actually print from my phone to my printer because its always on.

Tapped from my Razr Maxx from the dark side of CM11 4.4.4!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] larsdennert:
Do you have the hp plugin or are you doing it through Google cloud services? Try cycling the service off and then on in settings. I have to do that right before I print. It must lose settings when you switch LANs.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Yeah really [MENTION=952807]nthaifisch[/MENTION] you have a very serious issue and ask for help. Then what? You are killed in a car crash or fix it and do not share it with us. Not fair my brother, you cannot ask someone to share their sandwich and not reply in kind by sharing your ample supply of milk.

Dead battery: Serious. The phone is shot. Yes you can try and replace the battery, there are some for sale on the internet pretty cheap, and there are youtube videos to show you how, but I tried to replace my digitizer, (cracked front screen), am a lifelong electronic tech, and even I gave up on that. I did it to my Samsung tablet, but a phone like a Razr? You need a heat gun, spudgers like guitar picks to get it open, it is very difficult, the battery terminal screws were NOT where they show in the video, I could not even find them and will not work on a live phone circuit so I gave up. Not to mention ALL the screws are super tiny Torx screws and where do you find such tools. If you have insurance, time to pay up the $100 deductible and get a new phone replacement. Say you lost it.

Even when these phones are so dead you cannot power them on, within minutes of being put on a charger and pressing Power, will show a battery icon with very little in it and a % charge. Are you even seeing that much?

If your recovery environment is toasted and your OS is shot, you will have to use AP Fastboot and a USB cable with RSDLite, Linux, or ODIN to get something on the phone. NOT fun, but easier in Linux. I am not even going to explain that entire process because you have dropped out of site and who knows if you need those "pages of help" anyway?

Thanks for checking in on him, DumbleCore, he might really need help and is afraid to ask again. At least you made an extended effort. :)

Up to you nthaifisch. Speak up or we cannot help you. Good luck. :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] segordon:
Yes I have the HP plugin. I'll try the cycling process and see if that works.

Tapped from my Razr Maxx from the dark side of CM11 4.4.4!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] segordon:
The turning on and off and back on worked this time. Thanks.

Tapped from my Razr Maxx from the dark side of CM11 4.4.4!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] krestian:
I was ready to jump straight at your neck here.

And you saved the day/your neck here. But still pretty close to having had your neck sliced. You're a good, nice guy, but still remember: this is a community. Everyone responds as much as they want / wish / have the time to / etc. No one has a duty here. DumbleCore was nice enough to reply and -heck- even remember about someone's else issue. I wouldn't have remembered, or even cared about. Even when I pick some responsibility, I do as much as I care / remember, such as uploading and hosting old files, pretty much like everyone else.

I still think you're a nice guy -maybe even too nice sometimes- but, hey, we'll live after our RaZrs are well dead and forgotten. Keep perspective, man. Please don't take offense in this, but a "constructive criticism" instead. RESPECT. OK?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
The printer? Rebooting the printer and phone make it all work again? Yeah, simple things like that are the first things we check. I must have rocks in my head for writing all that stuff for a reboot. Lesson learned. Do not go pages into help advice unless there is a genuine, wanted, and appreciated need for it.

Glad you got it working.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] segordon:
No all I had to do was turn off, on, off, on the printer service in the system menu. Then my printer showed up.

The reason that I liked the option to print with my phone is that most of my time is spent on my phone rather than my computer. Even though I have built a great computer, the wife is usually on it doing photo editing.

I don't know if this is another thing that made my printer show up, but before my printer was only WiFi to my computer, then I switched it to USB but its still a WiFi printer.

Tapped from my Razr Maxx from the dark side of CM11 4.4.4!