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[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION] I know, I'm also the same geek at heart that used to run custom shells on top of WIndows (when I wasn't installing Linux) prior to them finally getting it right with Win7 and would have to rebuild my computer once a year when I'd blow it up. Finally learned my lesson there.... Been running CM since my original HTC Incredible ~5 years ago because I couldn't stand manufacturer "customizations" Now that Moto, after their stint at Google, is running almost stock and providing pretty fast updates, it may be time to get off the custom ROM / time impacts train ride. Way too much to do during the day to keep taking the hit of slow performance / too frequent wipe/rebuilds. It's always been a matter of principle / open source religion and the fun of hanging out in the forums vs. the practicality of needing to get things done.

So, we'll see what next week brings with the new Turbo announcement. Though....if CM12 gets out the gate before the Turbo gets in the stores...... ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] CoreyWillWhat:
Just wiped System and flashed 10/19 Nightly. No immediate issues I've seen. Running fast and smooth.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
OMG, you sound just like me with the Linux and shells on Windows and tweaking the heck out of everything and sometimes, it just doesn't work. :eek:

I am much better now at rom management. I still have too many apps and can't help it. I like a calculator handy. A timer, WiFi checker, unit converter, streaming media, you name it. I Greenify the heck out of everything.

You need remember that Kit Kat is new, not quite a year old or close. CM11 is a full feature rom, every developer works for free, and it takes quite some time to bring it to maturity. We are close but not quite there yet. A rooted phone, at the very least, will let you tether off the books. Actually, if you do not mind USB tethering, ClockworkMod has the best non-rooted tether there is and costs about 5 bucks. ClockworkMod Tether (no root)

I actually have it and man is it good. Does Windows, Mac, and Linux.

CyanogenMod does the best it can as fast as it can. All the developers are scattered around the world, work pro bono, and merge their works together. The build cycle is long. Manufacturers have tons of money, a tight schedule for product release, and competition to beat. The phone you want will go to market way before you see the likes of cm12. But, if you are waiting for cm11 stable, that may not be too far off.

Dude, you will get the phone you want and need. And you will likely root and rom it when a stable Kit Kat rom is out. You can't help it, you got it in you. Like me. ;)

Waiting on Lollipop is insane, it is too far off right now. Sounds like you have your priorities right. Make money and do what you have to. We will all be here and many of us will update our phones. So you might see us in the next product romming forum. Besides, we are all you friends. Add some friend contacts if you want, I will take yours. Good luck buddy. It is really great talking to you! :cowboy:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
I've been on 10/19 for a little over a day now. It's good, but it seems like it has a sleep issue. Every once in a while I catch it staying awake. The only way I can make it sleep again is to reboot.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
I'm am literally going INSANE(well, not quite) waiting for the Lollipop source code to be released. I am also waiting eagerly for CM11 stable.

Fortunately for me, I can joyfully play with Lollipop on my Nexus 7 2013 when the OTA is supposedly released on November 3rd.

But, I am most eager for CM12 on the RAZR! I so love tinkering with old devices.

Words can't express how ancy I am for Lollipop on the RAZR.:p
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Anyone else have dialer lag?

Hey Guys,

I am currently on 10/19 and like it a lot. I think that 10/16 was the best big update we had in a long time and it is very good.

I have some issues and I think they are either my phone, or maybe others see this too and are not complaining about it.

I tend to miss some calls or have issues with my screen going black with a white spinning arrow sometimes when trying to dial out. Or, if I take too long to answer an incoming call, tapping the screen does not complete the call to receive it. I have some "dialer lag" issues. I *think* it might be my phone needs cleaning out, maybe? I did install this rom fresh one month ago and am very good with maintaining it, but for one thing. I have a lot of apps again. 200 or something, I forget. I need stuff like a calculator, WiFi Analyzer, unit converter, timers, streaming media. I actually need and use a lot of apps. But they don't run, I Greenify everything and cannot put my finger on this call lag.

This happened 30 minutes ago. I was meeting someone at the store, called them to find where they were, got the black screen/spinning white arrow, and received an incoming text at the same time. I could actually read the entire text, line by line, in the notification bar while waiting for the dialer to make the call. Weird. :p

So, either you guys experience it too, although maybe not so much. OR, I have to do what, clean out the phone, again, after only one month? I just need some direction here.

I don't really believe that the rom is faulty. I think my phone is suffering from "congestion" but it does not hurt to check w/others about it.

Is anyone, at all, experiencing any sort of dialer lag. Receiving calls or making them? Screen goes black, white arrow spins around, and you can make the call. Or receiving call is not fast enough to grab the call before it times out?

If someone else can at least confirm the existence of this issue, I know it is not just me, although I may have to work on the phone anyway. Thanks guys! :fingers-crossed:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] scottgti:
No dialer lag for me. No black screens either. I'm on 10/16. One issue I'm having is the loss of volume control with volume buttons on my home screen. I have to open any app for the buttons to work. Not that big of a deal for me. First time I've encountered this and haven't read of anybody else having this issue. I did update to the new Google Search and Launcher a couple of days ago.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Hello Scott,

Thanks for the report. I don't have "The Dreaded Black Screen of Death". That is a bad one and many people know exactly what that is. I *do* experience a lag when accessing the dialer UI to process an outgoing or incoming call, though. Not a total black screen, I see notification bar, nav bar, and the center of the screen is black with the white, circular, spinning arrow. Which means, "I'm busy, be with you in a jiffy" sort of thing. Just so I am clear on this.

What do you mean, "volume buttons buttons on home screen"? You mean the hard key up/down volume keys on the side of the phone are not working when you are not in an app and are just at your desktop? Those buttons should indeed work and you will see a volume slider move on the screen when you press them with a phone icon present. You can slide the screen or continue pressing the up/down button to move it. These settings can be found in /Settings/Sound/Volumes/. In there you can set your volumes, lock the sliders and check the box to allow volume buttons to control ringtone volume. Screenshot attached. See if yours is the same. Also control volume in /Settings/Sound/. There are various check boxes to enable for sound and volume. Check those settings out. They ARE your primary volume control settings.

These settings should always work. If they don't, it might be a bug from importing the new Google Launcher. But check your settings closely. What I pointed out is where you control this issue.

Thanks bro! :good:

P.S.

If anybody has any issues on the current build, can you share them with us so we can all get an idea of how the rom is progressing and what to look out for? Thanks again. ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
Just for the lols. Here is some more Beautiful Material Design for our beloved RAZR. No, these aren't themes.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] scottgti:
My hardware volume keys don't work when I'm on my home screen. I'm guessing it has to do with installing the new L Launcher.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
Nope, it doesn't. I have the new Lollipop Google Now Launcher installed on the 10-19 nightly and my volume keys work just fine.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Probably. Have to ask Bob. Looks like he went all in for the Google Launcher.

Is your /Settings/Sound/Volumes/"Volume buttons control ringtone volume" check box checked? Uhm, just checked. With this box checked, your volume buttons adjust ringtone volume from desktop. With this box NOT checked, your system sounds will adjust from volume buttons.

"Quiet Hours" in settings, sound will stop sound if enabled during the hours specified. Can't find anything else that will disable the hard volume buttons on the device other than third party apps. Can you make a current backup and restore one from before Google Launcher 5.0 to confirm new launcher is causing the problem? :confused:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] scottgti:
I'll update to 10/19 later. Thanks. I don't have any backups either.

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
Everything is unchecked except for volume buttons control ringtone volume. Sorry, but I don't have a earlier backup.:(
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Ouch! Well that is kind of bad.

Maybe backup what you have in Safe Strap and try a "Dwillian Dump" to perform your upgrade. Myself and [MENTION=5586305]coreywallen[/MENTION] had really good success with this new method of updating when things get bad. It is kind of funny, both myself and Cory were a little unhappy with this update idea, but once we "got over it" and just got it done, things worked out really well. :)

Thanks go to [MENTION=5362796]Dwillian[/MENTION] for this rather unusual update method. He is actually wiping the /system partition manually to insure that the update is fresh, all system files are fresh and permissions are proper this way. It is not hard to do or "as bad as it sounds" and did give us both really good results.

Dwillian Dump:

I did this for 10/16 and had very good results. But I did not do the optional play service zip file.

P.S.

Bob, thanks for the pictures. Not going to install new launcher, but at least now I get to see it. Good looking out! :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
19/10 working well for me, but Ohmster made me test the making/receiving calls. I called a number from my phone with no hassle. Then I did not allow the screen to go off and just swiped homescreens (just to keep the phone occupied for no apparent reason) while I waited on an incoming call I was making to the phone.

Did not hit the black call screen (where status bar etc still visible), but it took a few rings before the call interface appeared (all at once). Hmmm... :(

Oh...lollipop, lollipop.

Lol, exciting that it's now finalised, but really... Not too bothered (yet) about it for our phones. Let's be grateful for what we have, no?

Well, trust Nova Launcher for a rapid response. They've already added some Lollipop elements. Yay ! That's all the fix I get of Lollipops - until the lolli really pops. ;)

Generated on a RAZR Maxx (XT910) using XDA's free mobile app.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Awesome WiFi MAC address Tutorial by iamteachme

[MENTION=3865478]iamteachme[/MENTION] just wrote an excellent step by step tutorial on how to change your WiFi MAC address in the Jake's Q&A Thread. The guy did such a good job that I did a followup Thanks post with attached files to help anyone get this job done. Teachme lost his WiFi MAC at the beginning of the month, we tried to help him with hex editor instructions and even a color coded hex editor screen. He got it right and wrote a very detailed procedure. iamteachme did an excellent job and I gave it tags for indexing in the search engines. This is terrific work and really shows off the potential of our devoted members.

These are good how to guides to bookmark with files for download in the event you need them.

iamteachme's original post

Followup post with necessary files

Credits: [MENTION=3865478]iamteachme[/MENTION], [MENTION=3313632]ChungHung.Chen[/MENTION], [MENTION=1807728]brkahughes[/MENTION], [MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION]

If I missed anyone, please request your credits. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION], what Xposed Module are you using for your navbar? I would really like a good Xposed Navbar Module. BTW, the CPU Frequency in the status bar is very helpful.

Thanks in advance.:)

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MVM, I just pasted this into my build.prop. qemu-hw-mainkeys=0
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Uh, the Xposed Module I use for navbar is GravityBox [KK] and I only use version v3.2.5. The reason for the version is after v3.2.5, the Statusbar colors I use will not allow for "orange icons" and color them anyway because "Signal color mode" no longer contains "Do not apply color" for icons. If you do not use GravityBox for this feature, then you can use the current version. The Navigatioinbar Tweaks I use are Enable, Enable navigation bar, Always show menu key, Cursor control keys, and I also use Enable Navbar Colors. GravityBox is a very useful Xposed Module.

The CPUFreq in Statusbar module is very good and most important, does not load down the system with it's footprint. It is reliable but is not a 100% way to keep watch on your system. Also pay attention to how quickly it updates the CPU Freq, if the UI freezes up, this update will also freeze up. But it is the best thing I found that gives me valuable information w/out loading down the system. ;)

NOTE:

The build.prop file gets overwritten when you update. Keep a copy and permissions or use the GravityBox module for this purpose.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
Yeah, I know that the build.prop gets replaced every time you update your ROM.:) But, the system appears smoother with the nav bar enabled.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
10/21 is up for Spyder. http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.org/view/All/job/android/87834/
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
You got it man. Nothing like a smooth system! :D

The /system/build.prop edit will restore the navbar and is one of the easiest ways to do it. But, you lose it when you update and must remember to do it each time. GravityBox is a module and is restored each update. And you can give it nice colors, make the menu button always present, and enable the cursor arrows. They appear anytime you are in a text edit and the on screen keyboard shows up like in a text message or email. It is nice to be able to nudge the cursor right or left a few characters with these navbar arrows instead of trying to get it right with a big finger on the screen. They act like the arrows on your PC keyboard. And, you can color them if you wish, screenshot attached showing cursor purple arrows with text messaging. Also notice I have "TUE" three times in my statusbar. Another artifact of using modules that replicate some ordinary system features. Now I have to go back through my modules and settings to find out where the extra weekdays are coming from. :p

Nice work, Bob! :good:

EDIT:

The extra "Tuesdays" in the status bar were coming from Ex-Themer[KK] Xposed Module. This is a very nice module for coloring your statusbar icons, but by enabling "Show clock in statusbar", I got the duplicate Tuesdays. Unchecking that box shut off the duplicate weekdays shown in the navbar.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
10/21 has been pretty good in the 5 hours or so that I have been running it. At this point I would recommend it. :good: I still have the MMS issue where I can't open a slideshow from an iPhone, but that is really pretty minor.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
Likewise I usually see my phone slow down starting a day or so after a fresh flash. A month or so ago I seemed to be able to get it back to good speed with a Dalvik / Cache wipe. I haven't tried that recently but may be worth playing with again.

That said, I notice a definite overload on the device when I leave my house and switch to bluetooth in my car. I run Tasker and keep wifi on / bluetooth off when in the house (too many conference calls interrupted when the bluetooth picked up in my wife's car as she left the house....) Once I clear wifi range, Tasker turns off wifi and turns on bluetooth. At this point the phone is also switching from wifi to cellular for data. This is where my phone always goes into slomo. It usually takes 2-5 minutes for it finally to get data, update all the syncs, and return to normal. Any actions during this window of time take forever to complete. If there is anything I can run to figure out what is happening (I guess I could pull the log file from this time period and see what is happening if that would help) happy to do so?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
I'll throw it on and see what I can see from it and then at some point also pull a log file to see what we can get from that as well. I do see the other lag like you randomly on incoming or outgoing calls but haven't noticed any consistent way to reproduce it like I can the connection lag. Agree that it would be nice to try to isolate this down to see if it's something the developers can fix or not.

On a side note, it looks like Stargo is going after the audio lag from "OK Google" again. I definitely allow Nova Launcher to turn it on when on home screen, so that is one variable I can play with as well. I'll test that this morning when I head out.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] CoreyWillWhat:
Looks like there may be a fix for the "Okay Google" everywhere detection in the pipeline for the next nightly.

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/75463/
[Motorola Droid RAZR] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
That just adds debugging info so when the problem happens that they will have more information and hopefully be able to fix the problem at a later date. Thanks for the info though.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Thanks [MENTION=2895830]rgerrans[/MENTION]. You don't have to go crazy tracking it down. Just be observant and keep an eye on things like what happens, when it happens, and if you notice anything consistent with it. I am pretty sure there is some lag with calls, just not consistent or able to track it to anything. So far, build 10/21 seems to work a little better and smoother. Thanks buddy! :highfive:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] farangcm:
On the umts_spyder front, I didn't have any luck with the CM-11 10/22 nightly (change log looks to be about the same as 10/21 spyder nightly). the CM File Manager couldn't open the external SD card and "App Backup and Restore" opened to a black screen. I downloaded the nightly on Windows 8.1 and transferred it to the XT910 SD card using a USB card reader. I wiped Cache and Dalvik Cache before and after the install. I had better luck with the umts_spyder 10/23 nightly today. The CM File Manager has no problems seeing the external SD card, "App Backup and Restore," and all other apps I have tried are working, and "GPS Test" finds my location in less than a minute. I still can't export phone-only contacts, either through the "People" app or the phone app, but I could be doing something wrong there, although I did successfully export Google contacts in a much earlier build. Next I need to get a sense of battery life, in standby and in my normal usage.

Allen
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Hey [MENTION=2895830]rgerrans[/MENTION] I did the 10/21 update since then and now just took the 10/23 update. 10/16 was a really good update, best in a while, but I had the dialer lag and it was prominent. Now, since taking the 10/21 update, I have made and received several calls and haven't seen any dialer screen lag, once. Since we were discussing it, I wanted to give you the heads up on the 10/21 and further builds.

I think/thought that the screen lag was due to my phone being overloaded with apps and synch services. But the condition is not consistent. I had it on just about every call in 10/16, but haven't had it once since 10/21. I think (speculation) that this might be code optimization related. When programmers write new code, it is often long with lots of lines of code to get the job done. Once tested and proven, it can be "cleaned up" and optimized to make it cleaner and run faster.

For example, the first code set for a new change or software will utilize the coder's skill to write the routines. Sub-routines that are well documented are included to make this job easier and reused as small modules of reusable code. Later on, the coder can re-examine it and shorten it by combining functions on several lines to make it shorter, faster, and more efficient to get the same job done. A short 100 line routine can be shortened to 25 lines after optimization. This happens all the time in the life of developers. I cannot be sure of it, but this seems to make sense.

In any event, the 10/21 build had little or no screen call lag and the 10/16 build had it considerably worse and very significant. Just keeping you and the rest of the group in the loop. ;)

EDIT:

In case anyone didn't see it, the WiFi AP has been removed from the Quicktiles settings and is renamed to WiFi Hotspot. You can add it back by tapping the + sign in quicksettings and selecting WiFi Hotspot. No other changes were made to the WiFi AP.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
I did a leap frog on you and jumped up to the 10/23 build and it seems to be running pretty solid today as well. Had a couple background data issues this afternoon where I had white solid bars and it wouldn't pull any data through. Also got down to a single orange bar at lunch where I normally have pretty solid signal so will keep an eye on that as well.

I did stop by 10/21 yesterday w/ the CPUmonitor. When I left my house I was seeing the lag but the cpu wasn't spiking the entire time so I also suspect it might be something else going on. Haven't had a chance to put xposed back on yet to try to do more testing with 10/23.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Meneldur:
I was going to ask about something similar.

After a while with the phone on, suddenly it begins misbehaving, with enormous lag, unresponsiveness, UI crashing, launcher not responding and things like that. I couldn't identify a culprit yet but I tried changing launcher from Nova to Apex, disabling Tasker, disabling many apps for Greenify to watch....

I even experienced this when creating a Facebook widget. But I don't know...

May be it's related to your problem.

Using 1003
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Most of this I thought was just random. But some roms seem to be very good. Little or no lag at all. Some absolutely terrible. And most, work just fine for the first several hours, then by the next day, they choke up. Thinking it could be rom related because now that I am paying attention, I got the most lag recently with 10/16, as good as it was. Then 10/21 seemd to eliminate it. 10/23 is fine so far. Can you try updating to 10/21 or 10/23 to see if it seems to clear up? :fingers-crossed:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Liamfm:
How does this rom run? Any issues with the room other than 3g data CDMA Verizon? There isn't a "what's not working" section in the op. Thanks! 3g data is a necessity for me, but excited to try this.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
Umts_spyder Screenshot working, apn working, data 2g and 3g working, will make this my daily later, finally they got it! Thx to Hashcode and Dhacker29!

Edit :works with JBX

Tapped from my RazR
[Motorola Droid RAZR] anticor248:
Cool man. THX
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brosso:
Installed on Stock Slot and get black screen on boot, so... what did i do wrong? did full wipe. Installed latest gapps sugested on OP with JBX. Any clues? Thx
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dkahs23:
Your link is broke for the CDMA download.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ins5736:
[MENTION=4161843]ktimque[/MENTION]: please fix the CDMA download link. Thanks!

OG RAZR XT912 got 4.4 before S4!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] eazha:
better double check your download files probably corrupted....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brosso:
Could make it work without the JBX weird... will retry downloading it. Thx.