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[Motorola Droid RAZR] GTiceman:
It seems people are having luck with upgrading from 3/06 to M4 with a wipe. I tried with an older version and got stuck in a boot loop on the stock kernel. I am going to try 3/06 then the steps some others have detailed. I did try the 3x wipe approach with no luck. My phone sat on the CM boot screen for over 15 min. On an XT912.

On a side note I can't believe I have been a troll for 7 years without a single post until today.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
Welcome to the club.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
M4 running on main, as daily, dunno what cm did, but is snappy, fluid, fast! Running it with JBX 22th build....

Not a big fan of cm usually, but this build beats it! :thumbup:

Tapped from my RazR
[Motorola Droid RAZR] GTiceman:
Thanks!

So can't get M4 to run on my device and 3/06 boots but I don't have service. My M2 works fine, minus the data lock issue. Any thoughts?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
I did a complete clean install of m4,got no problems!

In ss I did advanced wipe, wiped everything except of internal /external memory, then flashed m4 with pa micro gapps, then JBX kernel

That's it!

Tapped from my RazR
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
Did you do a clean install? Lots of problems being reported with a dirty flash.

Actually M4 is a step back to around 2/28 so you may just want to stay on the nightlies. I've been having good luck with 3/8 and newer.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] GTiceman:
Did you allow the ROM to settle before the JBX flash?

Yep, a 3x clean too of everything but my storage. I am on M2 because it has been pretty stable for me minus the orange bars occasionally. I have tried 3/08 and 3/06. I think 3/08 gave me signal but no WiFi and 3/06 gives me WiFi but no signal.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
I'm flashing it directly after gapps, doing this everytime I flash

Tapped from my RazR
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
For a clean flash I usually just delete my ROM slot and then recreate the slot. That way I'm positive that I am starting completely fresh.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Meneldur:
BBS says most of time phone was slept. Too many RILJ wakelocks, though

Meneldur @ TF700t
[Motorola Droid RAZR] GTiceman:
Well your solution worked and I got into M4, but have the no signal issue there as well. During the set-up I get the CyanogenMod pop-up that says insert SIM card.

Wow, I made a n00b error on an exponential scale. I just realized the M4 I have downloaded is for umts_spyder ... I am on VZW.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] slvrbul:
Back up and running killed my Battery while on a cruise got My factory cable today and all is good again. Getting ready to install M4 on stock. Glad to be back!!!

Chief
[Motorola Droid RAZR] GTiceman:
Got my M4 up and running ... had to wipe Dalvik, Cache, and Android Secure to get my MMS back
[Motorola Droid RAZR] superdeman:
Hi guys. Please help me to add 6mp wide mode on stock camera app
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
what is JBX kernel? can you please link me?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] superdeman:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2223517
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
i thought the CM11 roms doesn't need JBX anymore? thats why its crossed out in the original post?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] superdeman:
jbx kernel give better battery life i think

(sorry for my english, i use google translate)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
It's your choice if u flash JBX, I got better performance, better battery, more option to customize the kernel I want to work with my phone!

Dunno what others are doing, but I'm not running into this issues others had.....

Tapped from my RazR
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
hmm. can someone tell me if i am doing something wrong? m4 can be flashed on the stock slot right? i wiped the stock slot 3 times...everything except internal and external SD. then flashed m4 and the pa mini gapps... but somehow it failed? whats going on?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] drewski_1:
doesn't need JBX so it's up to you if you want the additional functionality.

originally it was recommended for getting HD Video. when that was included in base CM11 is when I think it was removed from the OP recommended setup.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ChungHung.Chen:
Which recovery do you use? BMM or Safestrap ?

And what error do you see?

We need more information before we can help.

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
i am using SS 3.65. the error i get says the follow on the Safestrap 3.65 screen

E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/CM11/cm-11-20140308-SNAPSHOT-M4-spyder.zip

error flashing zip '/sdcard/CM11/cm-11-20140308-SNAPSHOT-M4-spyder.zip

Updating partition details...

FAILED
[Motorola Droid RAZR] control187:
When that happened to me I had to RSD back to stock and reroot to get anything to boot on the stock slot.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
i can still boot my 3/01 nightly on slot 1 though... do i REALLY still need to RSD back to stock, reroot, just to get M4 to work on stock slot? im hoping i dont have to RSD if i dont really have to...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ChungHung.Chen:
Hi,

Looks like your safestrap is still ok.

Wipe /system from advanced wipe before you install.

Factory reset after you flash zip successfully.

Can you try to install 20140301 zip into stock slot for test?

And test zip file to see if it's damaged.

Mime is XT910 (umts_spyder) so I can't test spyder zip.

But M4 is running in my stock slot now.

P.S. Remember to make TWRP backup of your stock slot before wipe!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] control187:
Ditto here. Virtual slots worked fine but NOTHING would boot on stock. I don't know what I did wrong the first time, but when I went back and wiped and flashed the stock slot it worked fine. I think I didn't wipe system the second time.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
i just tried to flash 3/01 on stock slot and it FAILED also. i guess i will RSD and do everything over again. now the hard part is trying to remember how to do RSD :( haven't did it in so long got to read up on it again

EDIT: im going to use MATT'S Droid Razr Utility. How do i put it in AP fastboot mode again?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] control187:
Power+volume down
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vasanthtt:
data not working

I got booted my phone with M4, but not finding internet (3g/2G) working. I have enabled APN settings.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
spanks :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
:laugh:

Oh yeah, I see it on the CM11 Spyder downloads website. Only one snapshot file and that is all there is. The rest seem to following the current MC NIGHTLY releases. That's odd. So we do what here, ignore the M4 and skip it, flash it and go through hell until we wipe it all and go completely clean? THEN continue with the CM11 updates as released? No "Official M4 Spyder Release Statement and everybody says it is great, but if you do not wipe and go clean, your system gets hosed. FCs all over the place?

I know a lot of acronyms,. but what is an "FC"? Obviously some kind of crash but what?

Updating by downloading from website and flashing phone is normal and the way you have to go at first. But once the build is stable, does not need patches or any other kind of patches and help. So you enter Settings Menu/About Phone/ CyanogenMod Updates at number 2. Click to see all updates available and the release you have installed. Pretty handy really. Don't need a PC, cable, WiFi, or anything. Just like a Verizon software update. Painless and easy. It does wipe the dalvik and cache. Update installed. Ready to go. If you use xposed modules, tap the framwork to reinstall, reboot, and you really are good to go. I use them all the time now because what could be easier and faster than that?

To answer your question, are OTA updates "better"? If all you plan to do is update cm11, yes, it is. It is super fast, already there, and couple taps and you are done. When you buy a new phone, you do not expect to go through hell and high water to get the latest update. One or two taps, the update downloads itself, installs, reboots, you got your update, and you are done!. CyanogenMod is offering the same thing, for free! Once the build is stable, everybody updates OTA, who ever heard of buying a new phone from Verizon or sprint and then have the salesman tell you that to get updates, you have to download them from a website, check the MD5, download gapps, install Safe Strap, flash.....

...could you imagine? Nobody would buy the phone! So, there is an update software feature built right into the phone. CyanogenMod is the first ROM maker I know of that is using it, although I am sure other really good rom makers are doing the same thing.

If you are a phone geek and must install experimental stuff, kernels, and patches, then no, the OTA will not satisfy you but will satisfy 98% of cell phone users.

Thanks for the info. I am going to hang back and look for the M4 chatter that is sure to come after this update and see if I like what I hear. If so, then I will probably do the M4. Right now, I want to see if future updates now depend on MC being insalled and if so, is clean absolutely necessary from the devs. For now I am good and have the info I wanted. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Noe!:
That actually makes a lot of sense. I actually don't mess around with experimental stuff, kernels, and 'patches'. So, it makes it way easier to do my thing when I do a clean install and whatnot. I actually had no idea that the OTA updater installed the downloaded zip by itself. I had figured since it's downloaded already, I'd have to boot into recovery and install it manually. But, the more you know!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
FC = Force Close

BMAB = Buy Me a Beer

LOL = Laughing out Loud!

:):)

The acronyms do get to be a little much sometimes. TTYL...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
ok so i just RSD'd my phone and rooted it. about to install SS 3.65 next. after that, should i go into TWRP and wipe the STOCK SLOT (3) times first then flash the CM11-M4 and PA-GAPPS MINI?

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ended up having to do this! thanks for your help!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 0rtli:
Having some issues with video playback, after 5-10 seconds phone freezes and stop responding, only restart.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
hmm initially after fresh install of M4, i was able to send MMS. but somehow now i cannot send MMS anymore? anyone know whats going on?

EDIT: did a *228 and was able to get it to work again...for now...

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Hmmmm really weird. Sometimes I can and sometimes I can't. It would say "no APN specified on device"
[Motorola Droid RAZR] control187:
There is a no APN fix a few pages back. Search APN in this thread and you'll find it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Gatech:
Same?. I clean updated to M4 and can't set APN settings :(

:S WTF with a 'Snapshot'. No more CM untill Stable :S
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
Is anyone else having this problem with the Google photos app? Like when I look at pictures in the app it will cover it with this shaded layer and make the photo dark...not sure if you guys will even know what I mean...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
Any info on the led issue?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Ahahahahaha! Yeah, when the phone "is bad", I do get a lot of "Forced Closes". "Contacts has just stopped", and what not. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] OctavianH:
Anyone has problems with signal while 3G activated? I usually find the phone without signal if I let 3G on. The problem is solved after a restart.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Oh, you mean that little pinwheel looking thing? No, just checked mine, didn't see any issues like that. But I never use Google Photo App. For viewing pictures, I use QuickPic. I think it is a very good picture viewer, very fast, and I like it personally. For editing photos, I use Adobe Photoshop Express, it is also free. For any serious photo editing, I do it on the PC, Dropbox has all my camera pictures available in the desktop Dropbox folder anyway. HTH
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
Yeah the pinwheel looking like thing. Can you do me a favor and try it to see if you can replicate this issue? I normally just use the regular gallery but I'm just testing out these new apps that is bundled in the gapps.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
No problems with Google photo on my xt912.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Well I cannot "make it happen", either it works or it had problems. Mine has no problems. The item in the app drawer is simply called "Photos". I went through my entire app list and have nothing called "Photos" or shows the pinwheel icon. I think this is not a separate app, it might be part of gapps and comes with the google package you have. Do you have this effect anywhere else? On web browser pages, pictures, or videos? Does anything "make it stop or go away"? Even Titanium Backup can uninstall anything and I do not see it in there, either.

Only thing I can think of is you got a bad gapps package or something. Most everyone here uses the pa-gapps. My favorite is the mini-modular, some like micro-modular, but you can pick what you want. They work and they work very, very well. I don't "think" you can flash over an existing gapps package, you would probably have to start from scratch, use the proper gapps package and cm11 only. If you really want to go that far over this pinwheel, then try flashing only the pa-gapps first, nothing to lose since you are going to start over again anyway. I would like to hope that you have already made or will make a Safe Strap backup prior to trying any of this though.

If that is really the only issue you have, personally I would say to hell with it and use QuickPic. Good luck!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
the 20140311 build has an issue with not showing the carrier name. It says roaming indicator not enabled instead or something to that effect. Just thought that I would let everyone know.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
Do newer builds let the led blink with the screen ON?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Meneldur:
I think that's a hardware limitation.

Meneldur @ XT910

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Given the comments about M4, I'll just stay in nightly path :)

Meneldur @ XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I have had this phone for two or more years and I never recall seeing the LED come on when the screen was lit, except maybe if an application used it for notification. I cannot think of any that have done that with a lit screen. For example, if Go SMS Pro receives a message and I do not acknowledge it, I have the LED set to blink magenta, and the LED flashes magenta, If screen is dark, If screen is on and I still do not acknowledge the new message, the LED will not blink or turn on. In the settings for Go SMS Pro, The app tells you that certain mobile phones do NOT blink the LED if the screen is on. Mine never has. To test notification for Go SMS Pro, tap the "Test" button and tap the power button to make the screen go dark. Then you hear the notification ring tone you set, vibrate if set, and LED blinks the color you chose while dark.

In System Settings, Display and Lights, you get a "Pulse Notification Light". In there you can pick the "normal" color, use custom colors for missed call and voice mail, and even add apps to control the LED. But nothing about while screen is on.

I have an XT912 US Verizon. Maybe other models do light the LED with screen on. There are many very powerful xposed modules, perhaps one or more of them can over ride this function if set and the kernel will allow it. But my LED does not light when the screen is on.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
I have been using this phone for 2 years as well. Trust me, the phone is more than capable of this. I used the OG Droid since release day. It was capable of this as well, until Gingerbread. Then Google stopped it.

Rooting and using custom ROM enabled it. Same on this phone. As soon as I got it, I rooted for this reason. CM and all CM based ROMs had this prior to 4.4...AOKP has it as well. Using AOKP 4.3 now, and it works. I just was hoping to see this in a 4.4 ROM.

None of the Xposed modules allow this. They do enable the ability to change led colors, so you can apply them on a "per app" basis. (This feature is in a few ROMs as well). This is what the app Light Flow does as well, but I believe you must be rooted to use that app.

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Reason I need this is because if phone is in a dock, it is in "full screen" mode. Dock goes to a flashing "digital clock" across the screen. Screen is on. There is no notification bar. Flashing led let's me know I have a message, and color lets me decide what to do with it. (Green is Gmail. Ignore. Blue is tweet or FB notification. Ignore. Red is missed call. Respond. Purple is text from kids. Respond. Etc....)

I will stick with the AOKP ROM but really wanted to try 4.4

I am surprised that none of the framework modules enable this. Someone tried to port the AOKP settings into another ROM, but had problems with the code....

Any how.... Thanks for the reply.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vanwho:
Actually, I have flashed over a gapps package with success. I used a PA gapps package that had a bug or something. It would not link to my play account. I went back into safestrap, wiped cache and dalvik, then flashed slim gapps. It worked fine. I don't know for sure if it always works, but it did for me.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Oooooohh. That makes a lot of sense. I don't have a dock so I don't know what they do with the phone other than charge it, connect it to external speakers or car system, or whatever. But yes, a blinking LED would make an excellent missed call indicator for you. I think that the phone can do it like you said, but the OS is in between the hardware, the apps, and settings, not to mention the kernel.

I looked really hard for you in my pack of xposed modules for something that could do that but could not find it, exactly the way you wanted it. I think you are right, the rom has nothing in it to enable such a feature. And without a huge public outcry, it will not likely happen.

The xposed modulles are very powerful and there are devs that work on every part of cm11. It might be possible to find the one who works closest to that function and try to "friend up with him or her", for information, if nothing else. I will keep my ear to the ground, Sherri.

Another possibility is notification apps. I will keep an eye out for anything promising that would interrupt the screen to show a notification. I just learned about "Toast", they are all over the xposed modules but never knew what they were. They are the same notifications you described but cannot see the notification bar. Since in full screen mode (CM11 comes with extended desktop meaning you cannot see the notification bar, you cannot see it anyway, there must be something to alert you of toasts. That is a different approach but may serve the same purpose.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
Looks like Stargo cooked up something for us in the next nightly. It appears he fixed the signal loss for good. Awesome work Stargo! :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
Just wondering where did you read this at?? Curious to have a look myself

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Hmm I'm having problems watching videos from my Facebook feed. Anyone else having this problem?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] lanc3lot:
Hello, about GPS Lock, can someone explain a bit more the above? I have installed CM11 on my stock slot, as i have a problem with my sd card reader (the internal one) at the moment. So i can't boot to stock. Can i fix it somehow?

Also in the above directions, saying that you have to use Droid Razr utility XT912, where it says no use it with XT910. I have an XT910 ;)

If someone can help, will be nice. Ty ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
Don't know about you problem with internal storage, but instead of utility u can use rsd lite.....

Tapped from my RazR
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
Up until 4.4, it was rom related. CM and CM based ROMs had it. So did AOKP and AOKP based ROMs. No stock rom or ROMs based off of AOSP had it.

It was in settings. Was also native in ALL Android phones with led light up until Gingerbread. And my search goes on...

(Someone mentioned HellKat ROM has this in 4.4, which is CM based.... Not available for this phone though...)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
Here you go: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/60652/
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
My phone has started showing "Roaming Indicator Off" under the cell network signal strength icon under quick settings. Anyone else notice this? I think it started with the 3/11 nightly. What does it mean?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JakeDHS07:
They removed the Verizon branding from the general cm vendor. Therefore the network is unknown but still functional. There is a commit to readd the Verizon branding to our specific devices. Its under testing and review. Hopefully be in tomorrow's nightly. For now I am using Gravitybox to change the carrier label to Verizon on lockscreen and notification panel.

DROID RAZR MAXX CM 11 JBX KERNEL
[Motorola Droid RAZR] foz54:
snapshot m4 = ok

nighty 3/11 and 3/12 =signal drop.

i close cell broadcast= ok
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Strange Advertisments?

Has anybody seen this before? I thought I got a virus or some kind of ad push app on my Razr XT912 Verizon US. CM11 03/09. I had ads show out of nowhere like that in SMS before and it really got me upset. So I showed some of you folks and you all recognized it immediately, and "air push ad". You guys said to install "Air Push Detector" and it would reveal the offending app installed. Uninstall it and the ads will be gone. Sure enough, APD did find an air push ad app, it was a free animated wallpaper. I uninstalled it, no more ads.

I use Go SMS PRO for all text messages and froze the original text message app. I am using it free, I see nothing of value beyond what I have to start paying for it so I stay with free.

Now this new ad took me a while to capture. If you touch it, a web page opens to whatever it is they are selling and the ad completely disappears from SMS messages like it was never there. You get a sound like new message, look, see the ad message, touch to see what it says, and it does not even open up. Just takes you to web page and disappears.

I have run every kind of ad and air push detector I can think of and cannot find any adware on the phone. Go SMS PRO had never gone THIS far with ads before. Do you think it is a new annoyance from GO SMS to encourage paying for it or something else? I circled it in red on the attached thumbnail. You can see it says "Sponsored".

Is there anyway to stop this or is it just dirty tricks played by GO SMS PRO to make you pay for it? I have no issue with paying for apps that I like and use a lot like Titanium Backup, ClockworkMod ROM Manager, Jota + text editor, Victoria UK female SVOX voice, but

I buy it because I WANT IT

. Not because I was "Coerced by ads into buying it". I will never in my life pay for software that forces you to pay by bombing you with ads.

I really need you guys help. What do you think? Thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] chinkster:
anyone else having video playback issues with the M4?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vanwho:
I use the app AdAway. It blocks all ads from showing. Works really well. I agree on supporting devs, but some stuff is too extreme.