[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
[MENTION=3313632]ChungHung.Chen[/MENTION]

Really Mr. Chen. You know, in my enthusiasm for a new cm11 rom that is not a piece of crap, I did overlook a somewhat minor issue to me. I say "minor" because it has not been disastrous or caused me to drop calls as previous manifestations of this condition has been known to cause. We even have a name for it. "The Dreaded Black Screen of Death". But I have not had issues of this magnitude with this 04/05 rom.

Xt912 and XT910 are different devices. It is possible that a rom that is great is not so good on the other. Yes, I have had situations where I tap Power to light the screen, 4 hard buttons light, and screen does not. I might have to try it 3-4 times to get my screen lit. BUT, this is different from previous "Dreaded Black Screens of Death" in that I can see the screen is black, but lit. In a dark room, the screen is clearly emitting light, albeit darkness and no desktop, but the backlight has come on.

Why am I not complaining about this? Uh, because the situation is minor, recovers quickly, and does not occur very often. Occasionally this will happen on an incoming call. I tend to grab the phone quickly when I hear the ring and if it does not light immediately, I tap Power and then have this button lit, screen dark condition. Then I have to wait a moment, tap Power again, and get the screen lit. This situation also occurs if I tap Power when the screen times out too quickly. I get buttons lit but not the screen. When I do get the screen lit, it seems that the phone is timing out it's grace period for a lock screen. As far as random lockups, there might have been maybe one, possibly two occurrences of it. I was reluctant to blame the rom because I was using apps and doing things that may have contributed to it.

Lockup on this 04/05 CM11 rom is a very rare occurrence for me. So rare as not to be mentioned.

I am not ready to blame or attribute lockup to this build of CM11.

Is UNOFFICIAL 03/29 better than 04/05 for me? NO. 04/05 is clearly a winner for me, as good and as fast as 11/07, but for the occasional "buttons light but screen takes longer to light".

One thing I can tell you for sure about 04/05 on my XT912 Verizon, US is that the rom is extremely fast, fluid, and ready to go at all times. I can jump in the car and do my multitask routine with absolute confidence. Bluetooth to Car Connect, ANY kind of streaming audio to car speakers, address to maps to navigation all comes up in under 2 minutes with is pretty darned good for a 3 year old Razr phone. I can make and take phone calls and text messages with all of this going on. UNOFFICIAL 04/05 can for sure stand up to multitasking, within reason, and gives me no issues at all. And for me, that is

very important

. I cannot risk going to an important appointment such as doctor or new job, with 5 minutes to spare, need navigation, and have it fail. Require a reboot, takes too long to work. I get NONE of that in 05/04.

But, your reports are very important and very well respected, Mr. Chen. Not only are you diligent and accurate, but you have an XT910 overseas, not like the majority of members using an XT912 on Verizon in the US. Thank you very much for your report. I had to comment on my own experience with regards to your experience with this new rom and acknowledge the black screen issue. But for me, it is so slight as to be a "non-issue".

I did ask Michael, stargo, through Hangouts if he intended to make more roms, this is what he told me:

Since stargo is *much* more active in the AOSP thread:

[ROM][4.4.4][AOSP][{Un,}Official] CM11.0 (KitKat) by stargo

I will probably make a post there, thanking him again for the new roms and mentioning the black screen, lit buttons issue. He is making roms for 4 different phones and he does not have a Razr so he may not know about it. I will be sure to politely and kindly let him know.

Thank you very much for the build report my friend. It is always a pleasure to hear from you, Mr. Chen! :D