[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Thank you hakarune

OMG, this is an awesome post. Isolating it by itself to make an Acrobat file of it with active URLS. Lots of thank yous going to hakarune for this right on time, incredibly necessary post!

One thing I think you left out of this FAQ is the fact that the CM11 launcher is so bad that users will probably want to install Apex or Nova launchers.

I was one of the guys doing a lot of the *****ing.

The fact that we really do need this FAQ just on how to install it, run it, keep it running, and workaround bugs shows just how poor this build is.

I am not blaming the developers, I have no idea of what they are up against to produce this ROM.

In case I did not make this clear, Thank You, Thank You hakarune for this incredibly useful post!

I have to ***** a little bit here and ask a few questions. I have never seen a ROM that was so difficult to install, so many patches necessary, and so many bugs to "work around" before. It begins to stretch the limits on credibility of how useful this really is. We have phones, most of us on CM10.2 by now and everything works, pretty much. Good for day to day use. Now 11 comes along and I want to give WiFi to my friend's tablet and mine but, "Oh gosh, I have to toggle airplane on and off first", or worse, driving in the car, for sure need GPS, but have to pull over, reboot to Safe Strap, wipe caches, reboot again to CM11, download GPS data again and

then

we can continue driving? I hope nobody tries this at a red light. :silly:

Worse, on the way to the doctor, I am running late due to traffic, so I call the office to let them know. But wait, complete loss of service so I must reboot to SS, wipe Dalvik+cache, boot to Stock and acquire signal, boot back to CM11, and if that don't work, use Matt's Utility to reinstall Safe Strap, and then boot back to CM11. (Well, I could just reboot to stock, which for me IS DROID RAZR Utility XT912, and make the call from there.)

I am not complaining or in any way ungrateful to hakarune for this incredibly useful post, but I am drawing attention to just how bad CM11 is right now if this is what a cellphone owner who pays VZW $150/Mo for has to put up with.

I keep Matt's DROID RAZR Utility XT912 on two computers, one Windows and one Linux, plus that is my stock ROM, THAT is how important it is. I am just overwhelmed with all the fuss necessary to install and actually use CM11. I am not talking from actual experience, I did a "dirty update" from CM10.2 and of course, it sucked. I had to delete and recreate rom slot 1 to get 10.2 from SS backup installed w/out rebooting every day or apps crashing.

Again, thank you hakarune, this is a very timely post. But note to developers and especially users:

Just how bad do you want this thing and what are the numerous and large benefits do you/we expect to gain by this update? I've heard battery life, anything else good about it?

Thank you for your time gentlemen and ladies. This post is one giant thank you to hakarune and a review of the CM11 update as it stands. More or less a thank you and survey all rolled up in one.

* Before anyone jumps all over me and points out that Experimental and Nightly Builds are NOT stable, if you want stable, stick with a stable release. I get that point. But hey, I want to play in the sandbox with all the rest of you kids too. I simply had no idea my mother would beat the tar out of me for coming home covered in mud from the "mucky" sandbox. LOL!

What benefits are you all gaining from this CM11 update to make it worth this much hassle?​

Thank you for your time. I have to add the Apex and Nova notes to my memorialized pdf file of hakarune's magnificent post. :good: