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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Duly noted, thanks given. Hey, you are still on jbx. I really like that kernel but have been staying away to lower the complication factor should CM11 have issues. Are you having good results, lasting? Or wiping and reinstalling every week?

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Eeeww! That sounds pretty bad, vanhwho. I hope somebody else has a better idea, but sounds to me like your bootloader is shot. I go through this with PC repair a lot. When I get into *that* kind of trouble, I use Matt's Utility to install stock JB, Safe Strap again, and you should be good to go. That means you have to do CM11 all over again but, what else can you do? I tanked my phone twice in one week messing around with CWM ROM Manager. Use that on a Razr and you get instant brick or close enough. You have an XT912, yes? Matt's will fix it.

Download Matt's Utility and read up. Works in Windows, Mac, or Linux. Linux is super easy so if you have a Linux live disc, this will be a piece of cake. Or, get your Motorola Windows drivers up and running. Get into AP Fastboot mode. Here are some brief instructions:

To enter the AP FastBoot Mode: Turn off your phone first, press and hold the Vol Up + Vol Down + Power button together. You will enter into the Boot Mode Selection Menu, scroll down and select AP Fastboot. After that connect your phone to your computer via USB, our Droid RAZR HD will be recognized as XT912.

To turn off phone: Hold Power and Volume Down for 5 seconds.

Install JB, root, and you should be off and running. Now you can reinstall Safe Strap and CM11. At least you will have a fresh start and it beats trying to patch up a damaged system.

There are a lot of guys here, really smart, so maybe you will get an alternative. But Matt always got my butt out of jams like that. Good luck!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vanwho:
Got it going. I had to install the drivers on my laptop, then it connected. Going through a complete re-configure, factory reset, and re-root.

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Thanks, got it going now. I couldn't connect to the laptop at first, but I downloaded and installed motocast for the usb drivers, and now it is working on the factory reset option 1. Thanks for the help.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Oh you are so lucky man, that is great! When I "bricked" with CWM, I got "Encryption Error, use Factory Reset" and it never worked, same cycle, over and over. Matt really saved my butt on that. Keep a copy on hand. Glad to hear, tack care Van.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vanwho:
Yes, lucky it worked. I'm already re-rooted, installing SS 3.65 now. Hope to be back up and running CM11 test soon
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
I did a clean install of the 2014-02-16 nightly on my XT912 (by clean I mean I deleted my custom ROM slot 2 and then recreated it before doing a fresh flash of cm and gapps). It worked great.

I then flashed 2-17 nightly and started having WiFi trouble. Then flashed 2-18 nightly and WiFi was broke. I've now flashed back to 2-16 and it still works great. I did not restore any backups at any point during this process.

I'm going to wait for the next nightly to be released to see if flashing that will avoid the WiFi issues. If not I will try wifical.sh (although I tried that last time I had this problem and it did not help). If wifical.sh doesn't fix the problem I will try deleting all files and folders in /data/misc/wifi since that did fix the WiFi problem for me last time this happened.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Update: flashed 2014-02-19 nightly and WiFi won't connect. Trying wifical.sh now.

Update2: ran wifical.sh from cm file explorer with root permissions. Wifical.sh ran successfully without errors (returned exit code 0). Rebooted phone, but WiFi still won't connect. Will try deleting all files and folders in /data/misc/WiFi next.

Update3: Deleted all files and folders on / data/misc/WiFi, rebooted, recreated my wifi connection (since deleting the files and folders removed all network connections) and voila connected to my WiFi connection very quickly. Looks like this solved the WiFi connection problems (again; for me anyway). Seems like the wifi connection problem must be due to something changed in the recent nightlies (I.e., 2014-02-17, -18, and -19). Hope this gets fixed soon.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vanwho:
Ok, I re-rooted, and re-downloaded the 0218 test build and gapps. I am re-installing on a clean start to try this over again. Hopefully no errors this time...

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Success!!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
I had trouble with WiFi on 2-18 nightly. Are you having any WiFi trouble with a clean install of 2-18?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vanwho:
Not yet. I just connected and it is downloading updates. I have not had many issues with wifi on any builds though.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Oh that is awesome information, you get a Thanks for that. Yeah, there are bad builds in between. Flashing every update "just because" is kind of foolish. Like, you know, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". At the very least, check the change log and wait a couple days to see who complains about it and what got broke now. If all is good, yeah update. But, if you have a proven, good working build, back it up in Safe Strap!

FYI, I am on 02/17 and no WiFi issues. Previous build very recent would not let me "see" a Windows 7 PC on the network at all. You put in the right IP address, you are connected, have WiFi data, but the Windows PC just "don't exist". Connect to a Linux PC on home LAN and get right in, but not Windows. I did wipe dalvik and cache and flashed 02/17 and WiFi issues went away. But I am not doing 02/18. Too much "bad press" on it. Thanks.

You're welcome and thanks to you. This is good stuff. :laugh:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vanwho:
On unofficial 0218 test build, it seems very laggy. After a phone call, it was worse. The screen just goes black for several seconds rather than going back to contacts or home. I seem to have the lag and wake lock issue as we'll turning on the screen. I switched back to the previous test build on my other slot, and the problem is gone.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Oh, you got the dreaded black screen. I have been dealing with that for like over a month. Suck 'cause you cannot even hang up the phone! Seems better now on 02/17.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vanwho:
Yes I did. Back on 20140216 unofficial test build now and no issues. I think I'll stay here until some of these fixes for signal loss are merged into the official builds. I have to say that I have not had a full signal loss since before the 0210 test build. I do think that it also has something to do with the added APNs for Verizon that happened about the same time. I saw the main numbers that my stock ROM used were added at that time. I think it was 310 and 480. Maybe that's not it, but the timing is right.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
Thanks again for the suggestion, but it didn't work for me. I finally tried deleting all files and folders in / data/misc/WiFi, rebooted, recreated my wifi connection (since deleting the files and folders removed all network connections) and, voila, connected to my WiFi connection very quickly.

Looks like this solved the WiFi connection problems (again; for me anyway). Seems like the wifi connection problem must be due to something changed in the recent nightlies (I.e., in 2014-02-17, -18, and -19).

Hope the developers have time to look into this problem and implement a more permanent fix. At least there is a work-around for now.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Yes, 02/16 is rumored to be a good build. I have next day build because I was over a week back and that dammed black screen was irritating! You know, APN, I don't even know what that means because it is something I never had issue with to investigate on Verizon. Access Point Name. Oh yeah, that sure could mess up your data, alright. I never really knew what settings did affect data. So, you taught me something. I am looking through the phone to see where that is right now. Wow, I can't even find it under more for mobile networks or in Setting, but I don't feel good so am not looking "everywhere". What Van, you had issues with stuff like APN or just heard of it?

I think your decision of not updating "just because you can" is a wise one. Unless you are the kind of guy who tears his phone down every day. You just escaped a really close wipeout. I am glad you got out of it without having to do the entire "Matt thing" but I did it twice in one week, it is a good skill to learn and master. I can do it and have a fresh CM11 up and running plus JB in about an hour. The setup on the roms once installed does take much longer though.

I am like you, I am going to hang with what I have until I get good reports on stock releases. Not inclined to do tests unless requested, then I always hit one out for the cause. This build 02/17 is okay, no real reboots to fix, well, GPS on a rare occasion. But I just learned to toggle WiFi will restore GPS. Who knew? Vanwho? (Chuckle)

Alright Van, you sound like a good fellow, give good feedback, ask questions with good information and help when you can. Nice to meet you. I really like the fact that we all learn from each other here. Thanks for the info. Take care my friend.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] slvrbul:
Do we really need JBX anymore with these new versions of CM11. Seems to me CM is running great on its own. I am on 2/19 and not having an issues as many have stated, even with previous build I was not having some of the issues commented about,

Chief
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
No. Not at all. Best performance is a fairly recent clean install of CM11 on a fresh slot, either wipe the crap out of everything several times or delete and recreate the slot. Flash CM11. Wipe dalvik and cache. Flash gapps, boot to system, setup, and enjoy.

The PA gapps mini modular is the gapps of choice these days. They were the only ones that would work for me at all, nice installer logo, awesome collection of just what you need with no bloat, but there are 4 versions to choose from. Skeleton to Full Monte.

JBX kernel WILL ADD another layer of complexity should you need to troubleshoot. It is also an awesome performance kernel with features for battery saving and overclocking. Battery saving is available in the xposed modules, not overclocking and high performance, you need jbx if you really want that. But the tradeoff is battery life and stability. So if you do not need or want it, leave it out. If it is installed already, you need to "go clean" as stated above, you cannot "take it out". I am NOT sure if that is true. The jbx kernel installer, "Aroma" does give the option to restore previous kernel and remove jbx. You would have to flash it again to get that choice. How well it works is a maybe. As long as you still "have" the original kernel to restore. But if it is from a ways back, it may not be compatible with your current rom. Thus, go clean.

This answers all of your questions, plain and siimple. Cheers Mate!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vanwho:
Yes, disaster averted. I did have to go through with Matt's Utility to wipe and flash stock, then re root. Luckily I did not have a total brick. Still not sure why it happened. I did everything just like I always do.

I learned a little about APN stuff researching this whole signal loss thing. I looked at all the numbers, and even tried to change settings in the code before flashing the ROMs. I have to say that I had no luck doing it though. I just think it is a setting in the background that has to be correct to have data work correctly. I just caught that change in the changelog about the time these tests started.

I enjoy learning from you and others as well. I defiantly am no expert, just someone trying to learn and have fun doing so.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Omegadrive:
I have also been running CM since build 2/17 with no issues (now on 2/19) except for 1 time I lost my cell signal but that's it, one drop in 3 days is good enough for me. ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 1droidmod:
This may/may not be helpful. I have been running 1-14 build up until yesterday with no signal/data drops. I flashed 2-18 nightly yesterday and experienced loss of signal/data. Restored 1-14 nightly and no issues..

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] siracuervo:
Hi guys, Does cm have the option "Flash led with screen on"? Like this,
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Meneldur:
Well... after 3 joyful days signal drop is back, even with carrier's original baseband.

Using 0215. Dmesg follows: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oi5g09am83yvike/dmesg-new-baseband-320140220.txt

Meneldur @ TF700t
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stargo:
Erm, which kernel are you using?

Regards,

Michael
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zero66:
What about Google connection orange bars?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 1droidmod:
Have not seen Orange Bars.. I use a theme, so my signal bars red and I believe data is green. Everything is good.

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] krestian:
Hi there, sorry for the noobish Q but confusion is on the rise. Which build is this, unofficial or nighly, 02/14?

Thanks,
[Motorola Droid RAZR] drewski_1:
are your Quick Settings tiles themed too? that's where the White turns to Orange, if you lose connection to Google Servers, not in the status bar icons.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Meneldur:
Since signal drops occurred with or without jbx, now I'm on jbx.

I'll go jbx-free when upgrading to 0219 tonight. Is jbx to blame in this signal issue?

Meneldur @ XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] control187:
I am sure there is something more complex at work here, but I am curious.... Is there anyone who took the last OTA, restored root, has CM11 on the stock slot and is still experiencing the data loss and Google server issues? If not, I may give it a go.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] amfetamine:
On 02/20.

One thing I have noticed, apps that should keep the screen on, stay awake, like, YouTube videos, turn the screen off after the sleep, inactivity time runs out.

In other words, I have my display > sleep setting set to 2 minutes. If I watch a video over 2 minutes, screen cuts off if I don't touch the screen first.

Not new to 02/20. Just thought to report it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Aximander:
I get Google loss but no total signal loss. Only one black screen hang in the last couple weeks on various build

Sent from the mothership on my CM11 Razr Maxx
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stargo:
Just wanted to be sure how to interpret the dmesg.

Regards,

Michael
[Motorola Droid RAZR] moset:
I ran 0218 test build for 48 hours with no signal drop or at least if it did it restored by itself.

I upgraded to 0220 test build last night with stargo's kernel (included in the test build)

I'm on slot 2. I have no slot 1.

I think all the patches from the test build will be in 0221. I plan to install that to my stock slot.

I am still having the google connection problem which is restored with airplane toggle.

No other issues though I seldom use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

I'll check out the screen sleep issue.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sebbesapa:
I just wanted to say that the "Google connection orange bars" is happening to me on my stock Nexus 7 3G very often, so It's not just a razr problem.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 1droidmod:
1/14/2014 official download from cm

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Themed yes they are.

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] moset:
I've read it's kinda universal, I don't remember it being as frequent on JB. Maybe I wasn't paying attention? Talk sounds like it's been around awhile. I guess it's something Google has to fix.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] googlesstepchild:
moset, I agree the problem with GCM is universal. Google is definitely aware of the issue, whether they will ever do anything is the question. I found a good read on the problem here; https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/fslYqYrULto[1-25-false] . If you read the comments they are very interesting and also current.

For others less informed here is a good explanation of the "orange bars" mentioned in previous posts; http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...nd-only-shows-connectivity-in-quick-settings/ .

XT912 - CM11 Nightly - PAGAPPS Micro
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Aximander:
Seems we are down to mostly the rare dropped connection to Google and maybe a few disconnects which is quite good for a non "stable" rom. :)

Anyone running on ART yet? I tried it a month ago or so might have to try again soon

Sent from the mothership on my CM11 Razr Maxx
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Steven87:
i am running art, and it runs flawless, except for some old games, sometimes they run, sometimes they give FC. it seems to improve battery life by 15 or 20% seems smoother also..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 1droidmod:
O.K. So i installed 2-21 official cm build on clean slot(1) and used [MENTION=4112553]dhacker29[/MENTION] no set meta data gapps and restored my apps/data via titanium backup. Iam using the stock kernel/stock settings and reporting Zero issues here. Been running this nightly for a bit now, hard... Quick & Smooth..

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] gruev:
minor bug report

[MENTION=3457922]stargo[/MENTION] and all devs

I'd like to report two minor bugs:

- Icons on Homescreen disappear for apps after restart (apps, don't disappear, only shortcut on home). Also the icons are in folders, haven't tested if apps outside a folder disappear too

- Sometimes when i do soft reboot (via any xposed module enabling it) WiFi won't work until i toggle Airplane mode (maybe because it isn't asking for PIN?)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Meneldur:
New signal drop.

0219 with stock kernel. Not moving (at home, strong signal, no cell hop, using wifi).

Dmesg follows: https://www.dropbox.com/s/edqlw9uoqeke4kz/20140222-dmesg-0219-stock.txt

Should I try recreating slot and starting fresh?

Meneldur @ XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 1droidmod:
R U XT912?

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I just use wifi for 1 hour 20 minutes with no issues

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] stargo:
Hmm, no USB problems at all, but you modem started to panic. Did you already try to disable the CellBoardcastReceiver.apk and the reboot? Maybe the CB configuration causes the GSM-modems to panic.

Recreating the slot would not help in this case, I think.

Regards,

Michael
[Motorola Droid RAZR] moset:
It's been fun! I'm now the proud owner of a shiny new Maxx.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Meneldur:
Will try that now. What portions of dmesg tell you the modem panicked? I'd like to see it and learn :)

Could the phone company be responsible too? Our service is subpar at best...

Meneldur @ TF700t
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 1droidmod:
On 2-21 official nightly, i could get No Service/Data, this is after a day of use. I pulled the screen down and got to the Settings Tiles and tapped once on the signal tile and immediately had service but prior to doing this I rebooted, did wipes and fixed permissions and this did not help. QUESTION: What causes this? Or is this only me this happened with? Sorry if this is a repeating question but is this what others have been discussing? Seriously Strange, not something I have experienced before.

Thanks,

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] vanwho:
Sounds like you must have accidentally bumped the signal toggle, turning off the cell radio. It could easily be bumped without knowing. Reboots would have fixed any of the other previous signal drops.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I was wondering how you know that youtube is supposed to keep the screen on so I went to look at the permissions on the app. Last one is: prevent phone from sleeping

So, I guess you are right. Apps can keep screen on and that's right, I know Waze has a setting for it and I use it all the time, who needs their nav screen blacking out while driving. I never rely on those settings though. I used to use an app to keep screen on for certain apps, but with Xposed modules, it is not necessary anymore. The App Settings module does that real well, I use it for Netflix, Maps, or anything I don't want the screen to black out on. Hmmm, once in a while I get black screen death when a phone call ends. I wonder if "dialer" or "phone" is an app to keep screen on. That might stop the black screen lockup for me until it really gets fixed. Oh yeah, "Phone". There are two of them. com.android.phone and com.android.providers.telemetry. I could probably use Xposed App Settings to stop screen off while on the phone. Going to try it. Maybe you want to use the xposed module to keep certain app screens on yourself. This module works real good.

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Hah! You go boooooooooooooyyyyyyyyyy! What do you mean, "been fun"? A Maxx is a Razr. You ain't going anywhere. At least my friends are sticking around.

Hey, are the current builds any better? I do not have a LOT of problems with what I have now, 02/17. I heard 01/18 had bad dropouts so I kind of stuck here for now. I rarely get signal loss but it does happen and then to reboot to get your phone back really sucks. It happened to me during a call, lost the call, no signal at all, and only a reboot would bring it back. Dam, I needed this person to meet me on the corner and I was on the way. Fine time for a reboot!

Where are the nightlies at? Oh, 02/22. Checking change log now. I really can't tell from the change log if the build is any better. Somebody please give us a status on current builds. Signal loss? Black screen stuck? Anything wrong now?

And what, exactly, is "Toast"? I see this in settings all over the place. This thing makes toast? Can I get French Toast with butter and maple syrup? So, what really, is Toast?

Oh wow, you can install Trickster without JBX kernel. I wonder if it works with current CM kernel? Interesting, will check it out. Huh, maybe this is a "Google Push" thing. Installed Trickster from the website on my PC and ususally, it installs on the phone in way less than a minute. This time, nothing, until I opened the play store and then it came right down. Ahh crap. Cannot OC stock CM11 kernel. Oh well, not *that* important.

You can tell, it 'tis the wee hours o' Sunday mornin' and Ohmster is pretty bored, ey? :victory:

So, how do you like your maxx, moset? What build you have on it? Night all!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
For example,when you open some app which need root the toast is shown with text "...has been granted Superuser permissions".

Or when you want to close Es File Explorer,"Press again to exit",that's also toast.

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] googlesstepchild:
welder73 is correct and just wanted to expand on that.

When you see a notification pop-up on your phone it can be considered "toast" (toast pops up out of the toaster) ;). Typically a toast/pop-up notification is used by programmers to notify of an event that does not require any immediate action, for example the events displayed in the notification bar. You are not forced to react to these notifications and can just ignore them and continue uninterrupted with whatever task is being performed on the phone or PC. Sometimes the term "toast" is used loosely to describe any type of graphical event notification such as a pop-up window providing the user with information and also requiring them to choose an action before they can continue using the phone or PC.

XT912 - CM11 Nightly - PAGAPPS Micro
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zero66:
Ota 2/22 still getting Google loss. Everything else seems ok
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Meneldur:
February builds were very good to me despite signal loss issue (and it may not be CM's fault). I'm on 0219 now in a clean slot going very good.

Meneldur @ XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] googlesstepchild:
CM is not the cause of this.

XT912 - CM11 Nightly - PAGAPPS Micro