[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Awwwww, I knew this was coming. I forgot to add in that I will join all of you and install this myself when I get a good 8 hours or so to do this. I will need at least that much time because when I start a project like this, I want to at least get it done, customize it later. After every reboot, the setup wizard will want me to add accounts, Google will begin the re-population script, and I have more zips to flash.

Please don't bash me too hard. I want this just as bad as you do. But *somebody* has to sum it all up and look at the big picture. That is what liberals are for. (BTW, I am not a liberal.)

By the way, my posts are not all complaints. I have numbers on my Thanks meter, put in my time, help other people, and do share the benefits of my experience with others.

FYI: I am in the US, use Verizon Wireless, CDMA, on a Motorola Droid Razr Maxx XT912. What do I like about 10.2 over stock? Lots of things. The phone runs a lot smoother, the launcher is incredibly customizable, I can kiss almost all of the bloatware from Verizon goodby, I don't miss Touch Wiz at all, and I like the fact that CM now gives you an account and for the first time for me, a custom ROM now offers OTA updates. I think that is an awful lot to appreciate.

hakarune did a really darned good thing. He sees the complaints, questions, failed attempts, and decided on his own to write a more or less "How To" in order to install and use CM11. I really do appreciate that and will use it as a road map for my install. I will give CM11 a fair chance. I will ready a roms slot and install it fresh and squeaky clean w/gapp, and jbx kernel.

I know it sounds like a lot of whining. Maybe to some, that is all it is. To me, it is a fair question. For those that have it installed and enjoy it, what improvements do you have? Thanks for the links. I will keep them for future reference. But I do want to stick with CM roms. I really do think they are the best ones out there, for me. I am just getting the feeling that CM11 is an early beta, and early beta releases are prone to bugs. It reminds me of wanting Quake and Doom real bad when I was a kid that I would grab Alpha version leaks just to try it out and of course, they really were not "playable" in Alpha or even early beta stages. I wasted a lot of time just "wanting them to work" before they were ready, that's all.

Unlike some other folks, I do not have two or more cellphones to experiment with. This is my one and only phone that I need 24/7 for work and communication. But I am a "tecchie" and a "geek" too and I want to play with some of the new stuff. It is not all bad, Safe Strap is pretty darned good so I can always boot back to a stable stock rom.

So please do not take this as whining and *****ing. All I want to know is from people who have installed it properly, how good is it? Apparently Kit Kat is replacing Jellybean and some say that it runs on ART and that has to be enabled in developer options and it does not work. I want a clear picture. Caleb gave an excellent review and did much to boost my confidence in installing and running this rom. He gave me a step by step and I appreciate that. Hakarune pointed out all known issues with the release and how to deal with them. That was a wakeup call for me. "Gee, maybe I had better wait this out and see if a more stable release comes out first". That was supposed to be the 1228 build that failed.

I am not "whining" as you may think, I just want to know if enough people have it installed and are able to use it 24/7 in a stable manor. And to let others know that this build "may not be a walk in the park". That's all.

I am dying to see this work just like the rest of you and will install it properly to find out for myself. Thanks for the links, take care buddy. :laugh:

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Thank you. This is the kind of feedback I was hoping for. I am starting to feel better about it. Thanks button applied.

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No more whining, I promise. Just looking for a clear picture and some feedback from those with a successful install they are happy with. And already they are coming in.:laugh: