[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Bad news for Ohmster, good news for the Razr

Well, I will say that I am totally in love with the Moto X Pure Edition phone. It does everything I could possibly want, does it fast, no lag, and I actually use the Moto Voice Commander every day. I could not be happier with it. I bought this phone on October 25th, 2015, and then "the bad thing" happened...

On Thursday, February 11, 2016, I had a minor fender bender on the main road. It was getting dark and raining, and in all the confusion, after exchanging information, we parted and on the way home, I reached for my phone. No phone. Since I could not find a nice case for it with a strong belt clip, I have been putting it in my pocket and on this day, I wore baggy shorts with loose pockets. I sped home, about ½ mile away and prayed I left the phone at home. Searching the Android Device Locator reported the phone still at the accident site, within 5 meters. I went back in the rain in the dark, with flashlights and looked everywhere for the phone, I could not find it. Worse, the phone stopped reporting it's location so not only could I not locate it, I could not wipe it, ring it, or lock it remotely. It was offline. I got up bright and early next day and went back to accident site. There was my gorgeous Motorola Moto X Pure Edition, face down in the side of the main highway. It did not look too bad but when I picked it up, the entire front of the phone was gone. No face, no buttons, the screen was opaque white, filled with micro cracks, and it was done, totaled.

I did purchase the Canopy Protection Plan at Amazon when I bought the phone, it covers everything for 4 years but not theft or loss. So without a phone to turn in, you get no insurance coverage. I thankfully did find the phone and sent it back with pre-paid UPS shipping label and it arrived at the insurance facility today. When I first called in the claim, they denied it but I vehemently insisted they honor the claim as I followed the terms of the insurance and did have the device to return. They approved it and are now "seeing if it can be fixed" or will send an gift code to Amazon for the full cost of the phone so I can purchase another one.

So I have been back on the Razr all this time and I will tell you what, this Razr is a darned good smartphone. It is in very good shape, worked perfectly, and although it is not very fast, it does everything I want it to do, navigation, calls, text, and streaming music. I am so glad that I did not sell or give away the Razr as now it is the only phone I have and works much better than any cheap cellphone. Hang on to your Razr phones people, you never know when you will need it again.

Canopy is a part of Asurion insurance and the email came today:

Hi Paul,

We have received your phone and the diagnostic process is underway. Most repairs are completed within 3 business days from this point, but if your repair requires any special or hard-to-find parts we'll let you know if you should expect a slight delay.

This phone was run over several times so I doubt they can fix it. I will call them tomorrow to try and get an update. No sense in waiting, nothing can be done for it and I want to purchase a new one, right away. Good news is that the external 64 Gb SDCard did survive and is intact. I have all of my backup and TiBu backups on it and with a new phone exactly the same, I can use this card to restore the phone to the way it was. :fingers-crossed:

Well, the Razr it turns out, is worth a LOT more than I though it would. It is my only phone now and I am very lucky to have it.

I had that Moto X running like a top and want it, NOW, so I can restore it to the way I want and there is SO much to do. Unlock, new boot logo, root, upgrade to Marshmallow if not already installed and then rooting Marshmallow on the X is a bit difficult. There are many methods and many of them leave you with no WiFi. Then restore the launcher, Xposed, and all of the apps and mods I have done to it. Having that 64 Gb card with all TiBu and TWRP backups on it is SOLID GOLD. With that card, I could theoretically and practically have the new phone restored in a single day. What is the insurance company waiting for? Just send the $449.00 gift code for Amazon to me, like, *yesterday*, man!

In light of this, I am now making a new nandroid backup of the Razr. I have since trimmed it down a bit, and the Droid Razr Maxx is running in peak condition. Greenify is doing it's job really well, I do have to remember to check it for new items that I install or update. The Droid Razr is one top of the line smartphone, in my book. Even though it is over 3 years old, that is 2 lifetimes for cellphones, it still does everything it is supposed to do and with special thanks to [MENTION=3457922]stargo[/MENTION] for his last update, cm-11-20160104-UNOFFICIAL-spyder.zip, this phone runs as well as it can possibly run. XT910 users can find their updates here, cm-11-20160104-UNOFFICIAL-umts_spyder.zip. Backup on Razr done, rebooting to system.

Seeing that Moto X Pure run over on the highway was like seeing the family pet get run over by a car, it hurt THAT much. The insurance you get from Verizon when you buy a phone there is better, they do replace lost or stolen phones and do overnight you a phone, the very next day, with a $100 deductible

Protect your Razrs, guys. These phones are some of the very best ever made and in a pinch like I am in, I have a nice, working smartphone setup the way I want, anytime I need it. I took it to the Verizon store and had it reactivated while waiting for the X claim to process and get a new Moto X. :good: