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[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
Just what I wanted to say.

It's just the wallpaper - change it.

Then boot-animations.

A nice actual chomping PAC-Man in the status bar when connected to a pc with USB debugging enabled.

And finally a PAC-Man banner which works nicely in "About" phone.

Oh yes, and I actually liked the "optimizing app" screen. It's not a "window" like all the other ROMs; full screen PAC animation with the optimizing progress (app count).

If you looked at my phone, you wouldn't be able to tell just by looking at it what ROM I was using.

[I'm only talking about the last KK nightly (20150118 for umts_spyder).]

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Edit: 7/9/2015

Trimmed excessive "Off Topic" Content.

Okay, I could live with that. As long as the rom really does all what it says on the home page, heck, it sounds really great! I would like another rom besides cm11 and I just don't see the benefits of CM12 right now. Might be a better idea to install something totally different and dependable. Kit Kat is a great rom. Lollipop might run on this old hardware but it might be a stretch. I will try it out. Thanks Daniel. :good:

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Titanium Backup PRO license Issue:

Most of us serious rommers all have the PRO/Donate version of Titanium Backup and it is worth every penny of the $6 it cost to purchase. Best thing is you can use it as many times as you have devices for, all on the same license. As long as you use the same gmail account, you are good to go.

But I have been having problems with it lately that are driving me nuts! Every time I try to use it, I get the "Checking for license" message forever while it tries to verify the license with Play Store. For some reason, it stops working and when it finally times out, you got the pro/donate version anyway, as long as you have a copy of the TitaniumBackup_license.txt on the root of your internal sdcard. I just emailed Titanium Backup about this problem and got a nice reply from Joël at Titanium Backup:

Hi Paul,

Sorry for the delay. Now that you copied the "TitaniumBackup_license.txt" license file, you can freely remove the Titanium Backup Pro key app that is causing the delay (due to a problem with Play Store servers for some users).

Best regards,

Joël

Now this Pro Key app does not show in the app drawer nor does it show in Titanium Backup itself to uninstall. Go to Settings/Apps/All and you will find both of the Titanium Backup files. Uninstall the smaller, 88 Kb Pro file and leave the larger 11.05 Mb file alone. Now when you start up Titanium Backup, the app will start up right away without checking for license and you will have the full PRO package.

AFAIK, we cannot share our license keys, they are tied to the gmail account that the license was purchased from. So use it all you want but you have to have the same gmail account for all installs. The app will verify your license anytime it can connect so if you install on two different gmail accounts, it will blow your license. Well, with that PRO Key app installed, it checks license. Without that Pro Key app, there is no visible license check going on that I can see. Does not mean it will not verify and this is too good to risk lousing up. Hope this helps someone out there. :)

Time for SVU, "Born Psychopath" on Neflix. Night guys. :)

EDIT:

Just heard back from Joël at Titanium Backup. The free app is all you need if you put your text license file in the sdcard root. That little PRO Key App is not necessary at all and slows down the app itself with license checking. Man I wish I knew this sooner. TiBu is very snappy now and fires right up.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Wake Up!

Knock knock. Hello? ...anybody here?!! :mad:

(silence)

(water dripping in the distance. it is cold, dark, and wet. there is an echo. cockroaches are everywhere.)

The Official Snapshot rules! Where did everybody go? Talk, do something fun!

Alright, I got a great show in HD on NatGeo. The 80's The Decade That Made Us

I have it on TV in HD but you can get it online in 480p, that is better than NTSC television, and it is a great mini-series to watch. The link above will take you there. This is just TOO quiet in here for me. I hope that all of you are not dead. Did I miss a recent plague or anything like that? Y'all dead? Oh God I hope not. There are/were a LOT of good people in here. :p

...night. :rolleyes:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
Sooooo.... I tried the Pac ROM. Since I love the AOKP 4.4 that I have, I tried the 5.1....and like all other 5.1 ROMs, the led will NOT blink with the screen on..... I suppose I could try the XLed module, but I haven't had much luck with it in the past.... Back on AOKP...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Wow, they said it right on the site, in the screenshots is a perfect picture of PAC-ROM where it shows a switch for "Flash LED while screen is on", here:

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And it still does not work! Well the important thing is we both have something that works for us, I have cm11 and you have AOKP. Thanks for testing and giving a report, [MENTION=838017]sherri[/MENTION]! :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
It does work, but Sherri used LP. It's not available in LP. Works fine in KK.

Ohmster, I haven't forgotten about you.. Just in bed now and it's already midnight ;) .

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
As [MENTION=1472623]d.casper.b[/MENTION] said, it may work in the KK version. It actually works in all KK versions based on AOKP. That includes Liquid Smooth, Pac, and even (I think....) Dirty Unicorns. The issue I had was the port of DU didn't see the external SD card on here. [MENTION=5709478]tonyt.[/MENTION] said he forgot it, so I couldn't use it.....

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I also find it hard to believe that I am the only one wanting this. If it is capable on the phone, as seen in the screenshot, it should be implemented.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
[MENTION=2971166]Sherri.[/MENTION] I also like having the LED working at all times. On KK I make a point to use XLED for ROMs that don't support it natively. But currently I've been using PAC ROM for my final KK.

On LP, well LP is still just is a push too far for our devices I believe, I have mostly just tested it and so have just accepted no LED while screen on. But maybe as the ROMs now start getting all their additional features, there may be a glimmer of light.

EDIT:

I have asked PAC on G+ if they'd be able to implement. But I'm not very optimistic.

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
What say [MENTION=1472623]d.casper.b[/MENTION]? So on a Kit Kat rom, your phone performs well or at least is acceptable but on Lollipop, you feel the rom is too much for our aging hardware? What is not up to spec on Lollipop? Speed, phone choking, features not working, FC, or reboot? I am just asking because I have not done Lollipop for this very reason, but did not confirm it myself. When the Lollipop craze hit, I could see all of the hardware differences to overcome. There is encryption, Selinux enforcement, and I think some of the sdcard was off limits too. Google wants to make Lollipop a secure system so they can do stuff like Apple Pay with it and use the phone as a credit card. If people have access to the inner workings of their "credit cards", then security would go down the toilet and so would the platform as a secure payment device. At least, this is what I've heard.

Michael has done an incredible job in getting it to run on our phones and from what I heard, it runs pretty good. But these folks running it are a bit biased so I wanted the opinion of someone else or results to compare with. Even on Kit Kat, my Razr is not "really fast" but good enough to still put into service. I admit to being biased on cm11, I say it is "fast" but not compared to a new phone, only fast when compared to an non-optimized rom. Some of the hardware differences I don't see how you could really get around 100% with smart coding, like the security. At least I think it would be too much for a Razr and have already started dreaming of a replacement phone.

So far as LED with screen on, I would use it if it were available and it "should work" if it is announced on the rom page. But it seems like a feature that is pretty hard to come by. Thanks for the feedback! :good:

Edit:

Is it just me or are you guys having lag issues or seeing much "tap and wait" on your phone with the latest snapshot? I don't think it is the rom as I have had this installed and working well. But there are constant app updates and it could be them, slowly taking over the phone. This is unsettling and what to do about it? Further Greenifying or use "old apps"? Anybody else having slowdown issues? :confused:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Krauzaa:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION] i make some sort of comparing CM11 latest snapshot, and latest pac-man 5.1.1 for umts_spyder.

KitKat test platform, CM11 latest snapshot, Xposed with Greenify donation functions, L-Speed Mod, everyday fstrim at 3a.m.

LP test platform, Pac-Man 5.1.1 nightly from 23.06.2015 (Latest for umts_spyder, cdma spyder have nightly from today), Xposed with Greenify donation functions, L-Speed mod.

And well, overall smoothness of LP in settings, home screen etc. is comparable with CM11. AnTuTu score is higher in LP too. About 1k points. But of course this is only numbers.

Try start ANY app. I choose Evernote, Snapchat, Play Store, Facebook Lite, PowerAmp, Camera. In any choice i observed 10sec delay in app start. So my conclusion is simple. Why I should have install LP when i have fastest and not so old KitKat. Of course, for someone who likes largest numbers in AnTuTu, or in device informations window, LP is great choose :p
[Motorola Droid RAZR] TheHarbinger:
Stock Slot install

[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION],

I've decided to install the new CM11 "nightly" to my Stock slot. In looking at your guide from here under the Stock Slot section, step 5 says to install "CM.zip." In step 6, it then says to install "CM11.zip" which I'm guessing is the actual name of the ROM package I'd be using. So...what is the CM.zip file in step 5?

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Krauzaa:
Sorry im not Ohmster :p But in step 5 you should install package with ROM. Step 6 say about gapps etc. Cosmetic mistake in this great guide :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
[MENTION=2591917]TheHarbinger[/MENTION] my mistake, you got me there buddy. :o

That is actually an error. Should be like this:

5.) Wipe /system and Go to Install, now you should be able to install without error.

6.) Install CM11 zip, Add More Zips, and find your Gapps.

"CM11.zip" is the actual name of the ROM package you would be using. :)

Thanks for pointing that out, I will have to fix that when I get a chance. "CM11" is actually the same thing in both lines, it was just a LOT of writing for me to do without making *any* mistakes. :o

EDIT:

Online Guide and downloadable pdf both updated. Thanks! And thanks to [MENTION=6303356]Krauzaa[/MENTION] for picking up my slack. ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] TheHarbinger:
I've installed the last, newest nightly of CM11 into my stock slot. Before I did so I backed up my contacts with Verizon using their backup software. (I also did a JB backup.) I then installed the minimal GAPPS and the apps I use regularly. Things were working smoothly. SafeStrap 3.75 was installed, so I booted into it and told it to uninstall itself.

Then the phone wouldn't boot. I would get the Motorola logo, then the screen would go black. I'd made a backup of JB per the instructions, but had no idea how to get to that backup and reinstall it. So I used Matt's Razr Utility and started from scratch with a JB install, then a wipe, then the KK reinstall and app reload.

Things are running again, except that I cannot retrieve my contacts from Verizon. Their Cloud app tells me "Mobile Number not found." One forum post I'd read while troubleshooting said that I should install the 'My Verizon Mobile' app, which I did, but it has problems connecting about 1/2 the time, and I constantly get a "doesn't recognize this device" error when logging in.

I'm now hesitant to uninstall SafeStrap again. I'm also frustrated by not getting my contacts. If I use SafeStrap to make a backup of KK, how could I restore it if something gets corrupted, or reinstall from the JB backup if I want to go back?

Sorry if these questions seem basic--I haven't flashed and reflashed as often as many of you have in the forum. I tend to load something and use it a l-o-n-g time.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
You must not uninstall SafeStrap after a ROM flash. All AOSP based ROMs (CM etc...) need SafeStrap to boot a custom Kexec kernel since the RAZR has a locked bootloader. This is why your CM11 installation did not boot in the stock slot after you removed SafeStrap.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] TheHarbinger:
Aha! Thanks Bobcus. I didn't remember reading that tidbit anywhere.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Bobcus told you right, cannot remove safe strap after installing CM11. One thing to learn with Android phones is to not use any manufacturer or carrier backup for your device. If you do, then you are "married to them" because they do not allow you to restore your phone to a different system. Like the "cannot recognize device" error you were getting. As soon as you are able, backup your contacts to your gmail account. Playstore will backup your apps. These backups for your contacts and apps will *always* be there for you, no matter what device or system you use. Verizon will not be there if you change to another carrier or modify the phone.

If you plan to keep a rooted phone, then use Titanium Backup to save your apps and settings because you will need root to restore these apps. That is what all of us do. Gmail is an awesome backup because you can load all of your contacts to it with a vcf file that any contact manager will export for you and you can also save your gmail contacts as a vcf or vcard list to import into any other contact manager. Verizon does not allow this, IIRC.

Once you backup your contacts to gmail and know that playstore has your apps, you will feel more comfortable, knowing you can get to your contacts no matter what, even on any PC. :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] TheHarbinger:
Ohmster,

I made a backup of my old JB install--can I restore that to a ROM Slot? That would allow me to do a backup to GMail. I'd checked GMail since my calendar syncs with them, but all they had was a single contact so I apparently hadn't set something up right.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
You should be able to restore stock backup to a rom slot.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Yeah, I meant to answer that. Had a blood test appointment and had to run out the door. Was meaning to come back and edit for you about restoring backups.

Um, yes. Safe Strap is very easy to use and of course it will restore backups made by itself. What good would it be if you could make a backup and never restore it? :p

When you created the backup, you did it with your particular slot activated, whether it was a number slot or stock slot. Then you have to accept the name generated or change the name to one you want. I always change the name to something sensible such as rom date, comment, backup date. If different roms are used, I identify the rom. For you, if Jellybean were used, the rom date is not important, it is more important when installing different build dates like CM11. Now that CM11 is final on the snapshot, if using the snapshot, you could skip the date. Name your JB backup like this:

JB_7-17-15_NEW

And that means you installed Jellybean and backed it up on 7/17, the comment used is "NEW" because you just installed it and it is new. Later backups and the comment changes to something like "Good", "Slow", or whatever you feel the rom is doing. You do not

"have to"

do this, the auto generated names work just fine, but are so long they do not fit on the screen and do not mean much to me.

When I was backing up CM11 during the build cycle, I used the rom date, comment word, BU date format like:

2-26-14_FAST_7-17-14

Up to you my friend.

To restore any backup, boot back to Safe Strap, tap the Restore button, be sure the rom you wish to restore is currently active. So if restoring to stock and you are using slot one, go to Boot Options and make the Stock slot active. After tapping Restore, browse for the backup you made. Either on the sdcard or ext-sdcard, tap the backup you wish to restore, swipe finger, and allow to finish. Reboot. That's it.

Sometimes when you want a squeaky clean restore, you can go to Wipe and wipe dalvik and cache, or totally clean, in Boot Options, tap slot and delete it. Then recreate this slot again and use the suggested values in the Online Guide. If restoring to Stock slot, you do not have this option. Go to Restore, find your backup, slide finger to start, allow to finish, reboot.

That's it! Good luck. :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] neoramasay:
[MENTION=2591917]TheHarbinger[/MENTION] - You have to set the contacts app to save to Google by default upon entering new contacts - it's a completely separate option in the contacts app typically.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Shadow already said you can restore your backup to the stock slot.

For gmail sync on anything from contacts to calendar, to apps, and just about everything else, you start out with the main Google account you started with when first setting up the phone or do it now. The account and settings reside in the same place. First, go to /Settings/accounts/ and find "Google" there. If not there, add it now. Then, tap the Google account and see the sync button, a green ball. It has your gmail account email address in it. Tap this to see all of the various things you can sync with Google. Put a check mark in the box of everything you want to sync between Google and your phone. Calendar and Contacts are among the list of things you can sync with your Google account. Put check into these boxes and it will begin to sync. Sync will occur automatically now between phone and Gmail contacts. What you enter to the phone contacts will be loaded up to your online GMail contacts and what you enter on a PC when visiting gmail.com will show on the phone. This really works and should not include only one contact unless that is all you have. This definitely works between phone dialer and Google account sync.

If you want to import your contacts from somewhere else such as a Verizon account or some other email program, you can go within the settings of the other contact manager, choose Export, and export a csv file to your PC and copy to phone. (Or save to phone) Then you can go to gmail.com, click arrow next to Gmail and choose "Contacts" and use the settings there to Import your contacts by csv file. Browse for your csv file and upload it to Gmail, all of your contacts will be added and synced to your phone.

Everything I am telling you is accurate and is supported everywhere. You can Google for any of this stuff such as "copy contact to gmail or phone" and there is plenty of help for this with pictures and videos if you need it. Ask questions if you have any but this is pretty much it.

Once you learn to backup your contacts to Google, you won't want to use anything else because your contacts are forever save and waiting for you, unless you do something stupid like never use the Google account and totally forget the password and all security questions. You can restore to any phone or device, Samsung, HTC, Motorola, or carrier like Verizon, AT&T, T- Mobile, or anyone. This is good stuff, get it done! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] TheHarbinger:
Thanks for all your help. I've finally gotten things sorted out (after another couple of wipe/re-install cycles) due to errors on my part. I feel like an old hand now, though I'm sure I can still make more errors. :)

My contacts still weren't syncing with Google, though. I wasn't sure why. While still on JB, I looked at the Settings > Accounts section and found Backup Assistant Plus was listed as #1, with Google as #2. I froze BA+ to remove it from the list and tried syncing again--still nothing. So I did an export to the SD card, then switched to the KK stock partition and did a manual import. The contacts finally synced overnight and are on Google now.

The only remaining weirdness I'm having is with the Google app. It's loaded at the top of the phone's screens, and USED to have an animated mike logo with a prompt that said "Say 'OK Google'". Anytime the phone was on it would respond to my saying the catchphrase. Now unless I tap that toolbar and actually launch the app, it won't respond to the "OK Google" prompt.

Everything else seems to be running smoothly.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Try /Settings/Language & input/Voice Search/"OK" Google detection/ ...and then turn it on.

This makes the phone idle at double speed, 600MHz instead of 300MHz and enables it to listen for the "OK Google" detection.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] TheHarbinger:
Ohmster,

That setting is already enabled. I stumbled on it when playing with the settings last night.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] TheHarbinger:
Ohmster,

Wow. Thanks for all the work you put into this! I had no idea it would be so complicated...and am glad I'm not crazy since it's now been confirmed. Perhaps others can chime in if they play with this and can let us know what they find.

* * * * *

I've been thinking about this since I originally replied. The feature worked before when KK was in a ROM slot, and I wasn't using Greenify nor did I have the Xposed framework installed. Now both of those are installed. Could there be a setting in one of those two programs that's keeping the phone from overclocking and running Google Now?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
I still have it in PAC KK.

And there are no updates pending in the store, so all is updated.

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Really! I don't have it, [MENTION=1472623]d.casper.b[/MENTION]. What is the version of your Google app, Casper? See screenshot, mine is 4.8.12.19.arm by dragging the icon to App Info. Clearly, I do not have it, but you do. This must be the app version. Gapps do not come with the rom. This is interesting, now I am dying to see where the difference is. Waiting on you, Daniel. Thanks! :good:

[MENTION=2591917]TheHarbinger[/MENTION] let's see what version Casper has, this is a good way to make sure it really is the app and I am not just "guessing".
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
Thought perhaps I wouldn't have the same version as you, but it is.

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Wow. Yeah, it is the same version app. I for sure thought it would have to be different. I do not have the last 3 check-boxes you have, but this HALO and Heads Up notification are not included in this rom. Now I am totally spooked because I *had* the same screen you have with from any desktop and voice model, all that is gone now. What about my earlier post when you actually tap the OK Google Detection screen? Does it say launch voice search or from the Google app?

Choices appear and disappear from the Settings menu, depending on what you have installed. I did not have the Home setting anymore, after installing the Google desktop, now the Home choice is back again. Superuser disappears when I installed Super SU, after removing it, the Superuser menu came back.

Since the versions and phone are the same, it could be dependent on something else that is missing. Not sure what that could be though, just yet. :confused:

Thanks for helping out, Casper! :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
I wonder.

It says "..from.." - if you're taking about my first screenshot's screen.

Home-app-wise I have Trebuchet but I installed, and use, Nova Launcher. But Home apps shouldn't be a concern here.

I better get some sleep, only a few hours before my alarm goes off.. ;)

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)