[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Mr Chen how nice to see you again my friend! You see the beating my padded Razr case has taken over the years by the pictures? That is why I want a really good case for the Moto X Pure. All of that carnage would have hit the phone instead of the case and I have dropped my phone from waist height many times in that case, no damage at all. I already placed the order:

Moto X Pure Edition Unlocked Smartphone, 32GB Black (U.S. Warranty - XT1575)

...at Amazon for $399, fifty dollars less than the first time. With the savings I bought a rugged case with strong belt clip for $17.99.

CM13 for the Razr, huh? Wow man, I am stuck using my Razr again until tomorrow and boy do I *hate* it! Just like before, I jump in the car, want to hear music and use nav, and I am halfway there before I get nav up or pass the destination waiting for it. :(

For that reason I am officially putting the Razr into retirement rather than try to force an even higher version of Android on it. The poor thing is choking so badly on Kit Kat with the current app set for Android as it is, raising the Android version level is not going to make it any better, and will most likely, make it worse, IMHO. Good luck to you Mr. Chen! :fingers-crossed:

Moto X Pure Edition Case, SUPCASE [Heavy Duty] Belt Clip Holster Case for Motorola Moto X Style /Pure Edition 2015 [Unicorn Beetle PRO] Rugged Protective Cover /Builtin Screen Protector (Black/Black)

I am going to be toting that phone around for a lot of years so a case like that looks like it would hold up pretty well, besides, the insurance company gave me back more money than I paid for the phone so it was essentially free.

I do not have the $131 for insurance right this moment, and you ONLY get 30 days from date of purchase to buy insurance. I have to make that a priority but man, $131 for 2 years and loss/theft is NOT covered is pretty steep, dude. :(

...you know, I actually got "the wrong insurance" for the phone and my claim was initially denied. Canopy 4 year plan, $36, no deductible, no coverage if lost or stolen. The cheap price made my hair stand up, but when I heard "no device, no claim", I thought well, that is why it is so cheap, if you lose the phone, you really lose everything. But it wasn't. I argued vehemently about the claim and they approved it, I found out why when this time, I called Canopy first to ask "Which" policy I need for this phone. The Canopy unlocked cellphone policy is 2 years and costs $131. That is a huge difference, why? Because I asked Amazon what insurance to get for this phone and they sold me this one:

Canopy 4-Year Portable Electronics Protection Plan ($450-$500)

Notice it is a portable electronics plan, NOT a cellphone plan. Since I acted in good faith, bought the policy on time as I was told I needed, Canopy gave in and approved the claim on that basis. They could have refused, it is not the right plan, but it would make bad PR to refuse after I was told to buy it by Amazon. This is the correct policy for the Moto X Pure:

Canopy 2-Year Unlocked Mobile Phone Protection Plan ($300-$400)

..."I am debating rooting mine." Are you kidding me? Don't EVEN... Set about unlocking, install the nice boot animation again after unlocking, install TWRP, |STOP right here and make a TWRP backup, right now, before doing *anything* else!| root, install Nova Prime, and add Xposed, and some modules. You *know* you want to and you know you will. You actually caught me totally off guard, and for once, Ohmster had nothing to say, by asking me, point blank in the thread, "Ohmster, WHY do you want to root that phone so bad?" I was flustered and at a total loss for words, because now you are making me put into words why I am pestering everyone for a Moto X Pure rom. And I could not put any string of words together that would stand scrutiny. You were right. I do not need a rom. The one that came with the phone is really pretty good. Now throw in all that stuff I mentioned above into the mix and there you have it, I do not need a rom at all! That mix of items yields everything I want and everything I need. To keep the phone completely stock? No way. That is like sitting on a home where you know there is a million dollars of gold buried without digging it up because I do not want to wreck the tiny house. Hah hah!

No ads, free Tether, pretty colors, nice icons, customize everything the way I like, use Greenify with all of the available features you want enabled with Xposed, how about Titanium Backup? It will not run without root. Now if that is not enough reason to root then I don't know what is. I am telling you this because I am your friend and I care about you. And I know how much you would love it. If I could give you a gift, it would be the Moto X Pure, already rooted, unlocked, TWRP, Root, Nova Prime, and Xposed. Because I know how much fun you will have with it and firmly believe that you would know *exactly* what to do with it, Sherri. 'nuff said. ;)

You must make that first, pristine backup before rooting because if you root and it goes wrong, you will lose WiFi, so have a backup before rooting. I had no trouble rooting my phone but that was months ago and I have to do it again tomorrow. So when I have a sure fire root method, I will help you with it, right away. Heck, it took Tigger 6 tries before OldBaldy and I could get him to successfully root his phone. He kept loosing wifi and thank God he had made that TWRP backup so we could try again. I am not sure if even a factory reset would fix the no WiFi issue.

Since you have to root soon, let me ask you. Do you have all of the Motorola drivers installed on your PC with fastboot and adb installed? If no, then do not worry about it, we will do it another way. I have a pair of zip files you can install in TWRP, reboot, and you are rooted in Marshmallow. It worked great for Tigger but one guy on the net I gave it to said he lost his WiFi on it. Chances are he messed it up himself though. I used WinDroid to do everything on Lollipop and man did that ever work well, but not sure if it can root Marshmallow. It is updated and reported to work on Marshmallow, tested on our phones, so I can try that first and if all works well, you will want to use WinDroid.

[TOOL] WinDroid Toolkit | Unlock | Root | Flash | Install | Moto X Style by Rapscallion16

Hmmmm...I was able to pluck the SIM and external 64 GB SDCard out of the smashed phone and the SDCard is in great shape. it contains TWRP backups of my Moto X already rooted, with Prime, and Xposed, plus all my stuff. [MENTION=3305649]OldBaldy[/MENTION] was telling me that all I got to do is unlock and put "the nice" boot animation back (It has this "Unlocked Warning" on it once unlocked.), then intsall TWRP and restore my backup. Done deal, with root, data, and everything else right back where it came from. Tell you what, I have to get unlocked and install TWRP anyway, so I can and will make the first pristine backup, then try an easy root method for you probably the double zip files or if WinDroid can now root Marshmallow, us that. WinDroid is the true Swiss Army Knife of modding so I will try it first, let you know and send what you need, then restore my backup and skip everything in the interim. Sound good? :cowboy:

My phone comes tomorrow and you know I will not wait to root it, so I will have a good, working root plan for you very soon. Okay, super tired now, have to rest. Mom was sick last night, she did not sleep the night before, dry heaves, diarrhea, no food, no water, no nothing and she had no plans to do anything about it so I dragged her to the ER last night. She is okay now, stomach virus, has medication and is eating, drinking, and sleeping again. Will call to check her in a little while. So, who loves you, Sherry? :confused:

...we all do! 'nite. :)