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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I called Verizon maybe a week ago, when my phone lost LTE. I wanted them to check everything to make sure it was not anything on their end stopping my 4G. The guy checked everything and nothing wrong with Verizon. I knew I had to get a new phone. I also asked if they were throttling my data. The man said they had not started that yet, but they will next month, October. I asked what the throttling was all about and give me details. I have unlimited data. He said they would throttle those that use or exceed users hitting the 10Gb/Mo mark, other users would not be affected. Also that data would not stop, it would just trickle to the end of the month when it resets.

Verizon is expensive as hell and I for one, would leave them in a heartbeat if I had not gotten the grandfather offer from them, years ago. I hit 20Gb this month, playing with the Public Radio app. I started tapping all the podcasts and downloading them to listen to. I like "The Story", "The Takeaway", "Marketplace" and a few others. What I did not realize is that some of them are video podcasts and when I checked mobile data later on, I was shocked to see how high the data went! Actually, I think the OS warned me of very high data use so I checked. I stopped the podcast downloads and especially the video ones. Audio is not so bad.

So far, so good. If they do not keep their word and maintain that 10Gb/Mo data cap, then I will be happy. If I get chopped, I will call to remind them of our agreement. If still no go, then they get dumped. Plain and simple. ;)

Just installed Paranoid Android on slot2 and everything about it is taken from cm11! Even the "Launcher3" is Trebuchet, only stripped down. Shame, I did not have the 3Gb I wanted for the Data partition so I went with 2,200Mb. Not bad but I cannot even install the Google Now HQ English female voice. That is a whopping 250Mb download and I only have about 100Mb free in my Internal Storage. OMG, that is all I have for cm11 too now! Gee, I might have to remove this PA rom. I cannot only have 100Mb of free space, that means I cannot install anything! Oh well, it was a cool experiment but really from what I see, PA is nothing more than a stripped down version of cm11. Cool, but not cool enough for me to keep with such short storage space. :(

EDIT:

Yeah I just dumped PA by deleting slot2, I didn't have a lot into it, just trying it out and now I have over 3Gb for internal storage. Same story, I never could run 3 roms on this phone at once because there are certain apps I want and use all the time and cannot run "Bare Bones". Nothing like I used to install, but still, 8Gb is really not a lot when you cannot alter stock rom slot and only have 8Gb to work with. Ah well, easy come, easy go. PA was for sure a direct steal of cm11 as are many other roms. I was really surprised that everything was exactly the same as cm11. Just not as many features available. But everything I tried did work. Kind of cool, but I am a CyanogenMod loyalist and if I have to choose, CM wins every time. :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] morr22066:
Good lite ROM for slot two

Paranoid Android is usually my go to backup ROM when CM and others have bad / broken nightly builds and I need to have a reliable working phone with all of the basics like a phone, SMS/MMS, navigation, etc. It is pretty streamlined and had good battery life. I always like to keep a good solid backup of PA that I can restore quickly so that I don't have to revert to the stock ROM. I think the last 4..5 build of PA is great, the current 4.6 build is good but they are ironing out the bugs on a new feature so it may stutter a little but I have not had any problems with it so long as I do not enable the latest feature.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
Dude, use the PA GAPPS! NOT THE CRAPPY CM ONES!

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942

Here is the link for the PA Gapps.

I would recommend the Stock Package.

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For any package above the Mini, the system partition must be at maximum, 800 MB.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION], yes, most ROMs are based on some part of CM. The ones that I found different were the ones based on AOKP. Currently, I believe PacMan, Liquid Smooth, Gummy and AICP are AOKP based.

Since I know you are a CM loyalist and will only switch for something different or much better, I suggested 2 different ROMs.... I would still recommend them! Gummy (no one else has the same problem I did, and their nightlies get better...) and Axxion.

Also, try latest nightly (9/23...so more like a "weekly") of Liquid Smooth. You will find the comfort of the CM familiarity, but I find it runs better and is more stable....

And, I am not using the modules right now. LS has advanced power menu. Issue is when I tap the" reboot to recovery "option, phone reboots, but not to recovery. I need to choose" reboot", and then choose "recovery" from the safestap start-up screen.

**Edit**: I just tried the module [MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION] recommended. Works perfectly! I can now boot directly into recover. Thank you!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Decon1:
OK, LOL! I do love your comment that PA is a direct steal! Really? I would imagine that the Stock ROM developers might say the same of CM or any other ROM. KitKat is KitKat sans the bloatware. The rest is interface and efficiency. For we the users, we interface our phones with our senses; visual, audio, touch and a sense of speed-smoothness. Meaning, when I have ANY CUSTOM ROM I've flashed all dressed up and ready for my use it really looks the same as my ROOTED stock ROM, same wallpaper, same apps, etc. I use NOVA Launcher exclusive so my settings are the same in that regards with any ROM. What do I gain? Not really that much over a 'ROOTED' stock ROM. Certainly a few more bells and whistles but really Xposed works just fine on Rooted Stock. Now add Kernel Tweaker, Trickster and Titanium Backup Pro and my stock is as good or better than any custom ROM. Thus, I have one Custom ROM on my phone (RAZR Maxx) and the tweaked stock ROM, that's all! The tester (RAZR) I have had up to 3 ROMs.

I agreed with Bobcus yesterday...he was right and his recommend made sense for you. A stripped down CM based ROM that you could then build up to what you wanted via Xposed.

Finally, my friend, it sounds like this experience has provided you a path forward. Always keep a stable CM backup for when cutting edge advances take the CM Rom back a step and have fun with the nightlies and snapshots!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
So a quick update after 3 days on 0925. Saw a few orange bars over the weekend and experiencing the occasional screen on lag. Going to jump up to 0927 to see if they stabilize out, otherwise might revert to 0921 which seemed rock solid (other then the audio issue I identified earlier).
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 1droidmod:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION] Hey, how goes the epic battle? I have not been on a CM/aosp/aokp/RoM since April when I got my hands on this device. The htc one m8 cm11 thread is pretty identical to this one. WiFi issues, connection issues, you know!! I have been using this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2779339 Honestly can say these developers over there are Amazing, all of them everywhere are. (Blows My Mind)<--- I guess a side effects for me. I didn't realize how far into the Droid Razr hole I was. I would have died with that phone. But unfortunately it went before I did so I really had no choice. Very happy about that. (was not happy at the time) Weeee!!

Anyhow, I was wondering how you change your font color in the forum? Thanks!!

Sent from my HTC6525LVW
[Motorola Droid RAZR] crackerjack1957:
10g on one phone is okay but 3 phones on unlimited plan is not that great. Everything on the net posted by Verizon seems to contradict the data usage amount told to you by Verizon associate you spoke with, guess we will just have to wait & see.

You can call it network optimization if you want but I say otherwise (not directed at you ohmster)

I call it more money it their pockets network because they offer more data but you have to pay.

http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/information/data_disclosure.html

http://www.verizonwireless.com/news/article/2014/07/network-optimization.html

http://www.verizonwireless.com/news/article/2014/07/network-optimization.html

Like I said I have already experience this once before with the 3g unlimited & do not expect it to be any different regardless of what Verizon says.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 1droidmod:
Straight from the goats mouth, obviously duhh, so from my perspective, why not kick us where it hurts right? Cap data!!

“We understand that our customers rely on their smartphones and tablets every day."

Ahh, Really? I think the word "Depend" is misleading and a way for them to talk down to us like we are fools. I am 34 years old, I remember what it was like to have a house phone, and the thought of ever having a cell phone never crossed my mind. Technology went crazy and huge corporations have been taking advantage of it. The only reason why I am still with Verizon is because I was grandfathered in and I will never lose my unlimited data. Unless they just steal it. I tell you what, if you still have your unlimited data plan and you want to upgrade start a dummy line with a flip phone for 10 bucks a month no contract and you can upgrade that device right away and then deactivate the line and switch the device over. They want to kiss me where it hurts, I'll take them right back. Lol, Weeeeee

Sent from my HTC6525LVW
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
Use the stock package, it gets rid of the CRAPPY Cyanogen Mod apps, and replaces them with the Google ones. So, I have no idea how you had CM apps.:/?

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Unless you used the mini package?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Huh? I always use the pa-gapps mini-modular package. For the PA experiment, I flashed only two files.

169,061,591 pa_gapps-modular-mini-4.4.4-20140923-signed.zip

171,705,059 pa_spyder-4.6-BETA2-20140925.zip

That's it. My only problem is getting enough space for a third rom slot when I have stock VZ JB, cm11, and now want to add a third slot. I only had enough space to create slot2 at 2.2GB for Data and the other two partitions took the remaining gig of space, System: 700 Mb and Cache: 300 Mb I had 100Mb of free space left on int-sdcard. I could not install anything. I tried installing the HQ Female UK Google Voice Data, it failed, the download is 250Mb, and I only have 100Mb of internal storage space left. Not going to work in this scenario.

I would love to have a third rom on this phone, but with Stock JB Verizon and my cm11 installed, I simply do not have enough internal storage space left to comfortably add a third rom. With 100Mb of internal storage left, I would not even be able to update current apps, let alone add anything else. This same scenario will play out in any rom that I boot to, because there simply is not enough internal card space left. If I could use "Apps 2 SD" and was successful at it, I could probably make this work. My ext-sdcard is 64Gb in size. But Google has made this all but impossible to do. I remember seeing an app that would exchange your internal and external cards, thus fooling the system into thinking my internal card space is 64GB and install everything to it. But that was before Kit Kat and I don't think it would work.

There comes a point in any hobby like romming phones or building PCs where your return is not worth what you put into it. A perfect example is water cooling a PC to overclock it and gain performance. You might gain a few more MHz in performance but you are putting water in your PC! One slip, one leak, and for me, it would be two thousand dollars worth of PC hardware soaked with water while powered up and running. I am simply not going to do it and for the few extra MHz, I would just buy a faster CPU. :p

So going to extreme lengths for get a third rom on my phone and use it is too much hassle for me. Either I figure out how to get it to work and do it right or I do something else, like watch TV. LOL! :laugh:

Not that your advice is bad, it simply will not work for me with what I currently have installed. :p

P.S.

I haven't given up, but now is the time I must wait for medication with mail order and I really feel like turd right now. I may be a little scarce around here until I feel better, hold down the fort, my friend! :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
Why do you have stock JB Verizon in one of the slots? I have that on the "safe" side...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] farangcm:
Hi, I am new to SafeStrap. I installed SS 3.73, the latest I could find, on my XT910. I understand that support has ceased, the same as with BootMenu Manager. Anyway, I also do my TWRP backups to the external SD card, although my stock backup was created on internal storage, before I noticed I could change the location. But I restore my backups from the external SD card, same as my backups. Is this a new feature with 3.73, or is it not recommended?

Thanks for the information on AOKP and AOSP roms. I am new to custom roms for the Motorola Razr also.

Allen
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I use ext-sdarcd card for all of my Safe Strap backups. I think that just about everyone here does as well. Internal storage is precious space, so if you can use something else for backups, by all means, go for it! If your stock backup is on the internal sdcard, you can easily move it to ext-sdcard in File Manager or better yet, ES File Explorer.

Open ES File Explorer, scroll down in sdard0 to TWRP, Tap to see and tap BACKUPS, then tap the many zero folder to see your backups. Hold your finger on the backup and choose "Select" to put a check mark next to it. Put checks by tapping check box in any other backups you have on internal storage. Tap "Cut" at the bottom of ES File Explorer. Navigate to ext-sdcard, find the TWRP folder, tap the BACKUP folder, tap the many zero named folder to open it and see your other backups, tap "Paste" at the bottom. Exit ES File Explorer. All of your backups will now appear in the Micro SDCard option in Safe Strap. :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I learned a lot from this post because to produce it, I had to put into words, facts, and data, what I wish to discuss and what I want to learn. By doing this, I found my own cm11 partition to be over sized by one Gigabyte and have already made the corrections. I gained an extra Gig of internal storage I did not have before. This worked for me.

If you care to participate, it may help you or you may share your experience and data with others to benefit the community. That choice is up to you. I also see that Safe Strap really needs one more update. I see no reason why once a stock rom is installed and rooted, Safe Strap is installed, and a 2nd rooted rom is installed, why can't we activate our 2nd rom, and then delete and re create the stock rom slot? Then we could reduce wasted partition space, trim them as needed, and restore the stock rom. This is a necessary feature of Safe Strap that has been overlooked, or, for whatever reason, is not possible. Too bad that Hashcode is dropping the project. The ability to alter the stock slot would for sure be a very welcome parting gift. :fingers-crossed:

EDIT:

We cannot alter the stock slot because Safe Strap is not like Partition Magic, i.e.: It cannot alter partition sizes on the fly, while data is present on the partition or the data will be destroyed. All of the Safe Strap files are included in the stock partition, as members have pointed out in previous discussions. Destroying the stock slot to alter the partition size would result in the destruction of the recovery environment, thus instantly bricking the device. I guess we are just never going to get that stock partition slot adjustment ever, at all. That is a shame because already I see I have a lot of unused space there that could be reclaimed for internal storage or use for another rom slot. :(
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vazersecurity:
What bugs do you have?

Okay, let's see all of the bugs that everyone is experiencing right now. Right now, I am experiencing the compass initializing for eternity, and no LTE...... (which reading back, I am sort of glad to see that I was not the only one experiencing problems with not being able to connect to LTE due to radio issues) What are ya'll dealing with. Same things? Yes, no, maybe so? :D

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Sorry to pull this back up. But have you tried this method in changing your IMEI?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsH4zUL7Tng
[Motorola Droid RAZR] CoreyWillWhat:
Compass is working for me as well as LTE. No issues to report after 24 hours on 9/27. XT912/Stock Slot/Verizon
[Motorola Droid RAZR] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
9-29 works great. I got it from cyandelta. I believe that it is the second nightly for today. Anyway to the point. This rom has the fastest MMS send/recieve speed of any of the recent roms. Only takes about 10 seconds total to send a picture and get it back.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
So continued to see pretty back lag on wake up with 0927 so jumping back to 0921 to see if they go away.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
First rom on the phone from the manufacturer, Sherri. It is already loaded in the stock slot in Safe Strap, not any of the available rom slots for new roms.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] CoreyWillWhat:
I was experiencing the same issue with 9/27. Several kernel changes were made on 9/27 to the omap4 devices. I feel that this is a side effect. I changed the CPU governor to "Performance" and the issue was immediately gone. Seems like its an issue with the CPU waking up, but thats just a guess.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Thanks for the tip but I also had no basband LTE or any LTE on the device anymore. The phone itself was shot and replaced. It is too late to try not but even with stargo's personal help and programming, we found that the genuine IMEI WAS on the device, it just would not display in settings. Phone burned out the LTE chip. Replacement phone fixed it. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vazersecurity:
Ahh okay. Did you ever get the device to recognize the LTE baseband or did you never get it to recognize? (In other words, could the phone recognize the baseband when it is inoperable?) Because I think I may be having the same issue you had.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION], I do not use apps2sd. I use Titanium to move apps. Also to get rid of crap I never use. Apollo and Google Music are 2 of them... And I never had an issue with allotting 1GB...(and yes, I have been doing this for quite a while...) ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
LOL! You are "*****in'" , Girl! (Good thing) :D

[MENTION=838017]sherri[/MENTION], I didn't mean the app "Apps2DS" but the process. Yes, TiBu will still do that, I'm pretty sure. I dump Apollo too and a lot of apps that come with the package and are just plain useless. I do, however, use Google Play Music. That is a pretty neat way to have 8,000+ of my own songs available anytime to listen to without having to load them on the device. The cache for it is not too bad so it does not give me space issues and since it is a Google app, it does play very nice with the system.

1Gb rom slot? Man, I can hardly believe it but will do some checking on my own. Yes, I know you have been doing this for quite a while, as you can remember, I have always valued and respected your advice, help, and opinions. But, I think you have known *that* for quite a while. We are friends. ;)

Alright, since I have you on the line, what is a good, thin, non-cm11 based good rom to try? Thank you Sherri! :highfive:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
I think you are right. I found the same work around on earlier builds. Looks like Stargo is helping us out so I'm sure it will get settled down again.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Ugh! 09/27 bad build? Switching governor setting improves it? :(
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
Well,I decided to try this rom after a long time...

Flashed 29/09 build last night,it's good so far,fast,smooth...

It lacks some options like the date near the clock,data traffic monitor,etc. but all this can be compensated with Gravity Box ;)

Oh,something for [MENTION=838017]sherri[/MENTION],the wifi tethering works. :thumbup:

I don't know about the led with the screen on but I will test Xled and I'll be back with the result...

Edit:

Just tested Xled while I watched the Youtube on full screen and it's working! :thumbup:

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
I would definitely try Gummy or Liquid Smooth. I am on LS 9/22 build, and it has been smooth for a week... Liquid will offer you some familiar stuff, but is different enough to make a difference...

Shower time!

[MENTION=5057697]welder73[/MENTION]...I have been finding that even if the led blinks, it isn't "right". I responded in another thread that when YouTube is in full screen, it still has a notification bar. The led works then. Try out an app like Car Home Plus. I use this and have it set to not show notification bar. (A scrolling message will take you eye off the road...)

On AOKP Based ROMs, led blinks. Purple for me means to pull over and respond, because it is from one of my kids... I have not seen this in any AOSP ROM. Gummy did it OK with the XLed module, but I couldn't get the tethering to work!

Thanks for testing for me!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] farangcm:
I installed the 9/29 CM11 Nightly on my XT910, using CyanDelta for the first time.

I do have the date (TUE, SEPTEMBER 30) under the time on both the Lock and Home screens. I have 'Data Usage" in settings, but I am not familiar with "data traffic monitor."

I tried sending MMS to myself with the Messaging app, but it hung "sending." I don't nornally use SMS or MMS, so I might have done something wrong. Quite a few years ago, you had to first call the carrier (AIS, DTAC, or TrueMove here in Thailand) to turn on the feature.

Allen
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
No problem [MENTION=838017]sherri[/MENTION] :)

Ok,I downloaded Car Home Ultra just now,set it not to show notification bar,my daughter sent me a message and the led is blinking! :thumbup:

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
ROM REVIEW: Axxionkat ROM

I first tried the previous release of this ROM, 1.5.0, and fell immediately in love. This ROM, developed by two school lads from South America, is truely the current Swiss Army Knife of RAZR ROMs. The devs actively encourage feature requests from other ROMs and will do everything in their power to incorporate the feature.

Compiled using the Linaro toolchain instead of GCC as most cm11 based ROMs, Axxionkat has the advantage of optimized code for speed and battery life out of the box. The current 1.6.0 release has pushed battery life to a level one user calls "phenomenal", and the feature-set is enough to keep you playing for some time! Bottom line: this is a joy to use and never seems to bog down! But, there are problem(s):

CONS: The current build has a very small bug that causes the status bar to disappear for several seconds after a notification appears, the developer says this will be fixed in the next build, but it's not a deal breaker. What is, however, for VZW users, is an MMS problem which has plagued Axxionkat over both builds. For more details, see my post here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=55747383

A very strong contender, but critically flawed for some of us.

- Brian

"But Cap'n, I'm no' a miracle worker! ...Ach, I'll try laddie, I'll try." - Montgomery Scott

All-In-One XT912 Utility to:

Reflash Stock ROM/Root Stock ROM/Install SafeStrap

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