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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Thank you Decon. The wildcards are really icing on the cm11 blacklist cake. Check the A/C ads and phone numbers. Chances are they use the same few numbers in each phone number or are from the same area. If you can find a common thread, block them all with wildcards. But, be cautious. Blocking 22 because it spells "AC" would be crazy, that would block way too many innocent numbers.

Oh yeah, The Do Not Call List! I forgot all about that. For sure a great idea to bring up now. That is a Federal Agency and they do have teeth, in all 50 states! Thanks for reminding us, Decon! :good:

You know, I would *love* to have this Blacklist on my phone or cBlocker (if I can get Jaimie to port it to PC.) on laptop or desktop computer in home. cBlocker lets you choose "how" to block a call. The most common is mute the ringer and vibrator, keep the screen from lighting or displaying the incoming call. Pretty much, ignore it. But then you get voice mail. What I like in cBlocker is one really neat blocking method. "Pickup and Drop". This will not alert you but will answer the call with no sound and immediately hang it back up. This stops the spammer dead in his tracks because he cannot even leave voicemail. Telephone companies offer call blocking "for a monthly fee" but when you try it to block a collection agency, you get told that this number cannot be blocked. I get it for emergency services, we do not want to block a return 911 call, but collection agencies? Come on! And we have to pay every month for this service?

All it would take is to run an app like cBlocker on a PC with a modem and a phone line. It would catch the caller ID, and if on blacklist, do the "Answer and Drop" method to kill the call. To avoid ringing the home at all, you get a double modem or dual cheap modem cards so one is incoming like a FAX machine that blocks the outgoing side phone to home. So if call is blocked, house phone never rings. THAT would be super cool and way better than what any phone company gives you because even though you pay every month, almost all 800 or commercial phone numbers "cannot be blocked". What BS!

You know, as bad as I wanted that new Galaxy phone when I lost my LTE chip, I don't feel bad about getting another Razr. It is fun learning new roms, how to make it slim and fast, and man, I have made so many real friends in here, I would miss everybody so much, too much! :highfive:

This is like "a family" in this thread. Everybody has a job and they rise to it, when called to do so. Plus, everyone here actually *does* care. Nice place to be, Decon. ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Building List of Bloatware

Building List of Bloatware for Batch Removal in CM11

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Hey Guys,

I want to build a list of bloatware in Titanium Backup so that I can easily remove or freeze them when needed. Good example: I first froze Apollo, a system app, and it caused no harm. Many users immediately uninstall the bloatware that nobody really wants. After updating today and hopping in my car with Bluetooth on, when my phone connected to the car, Shania Twain started singing. Huh! I was listening to the Public Radio app, where did this come from? I go to statusbar pulldown and Apollo is the culprit, playing music anytime I connect with Bluetooth to car. I swear I removed it but it came back when I updated. Okay, this is annoying. I found in the TiBu menu that you can choose "Filters", give it a name like "Bloatware", set it to platform 4.4.4 if you wish, AND, select any apps you want in this group. So, for future bloat removal, it would be easy to activate the Bloatware profile and do a batch Freeze or Uninstall.

So far, I know Apollo is unwanted bloat and may take it out, even though it is a system app. Can you guys help please by replying and adding apps that you have removed safely before to remove bloat on the system? I would love to build a nice list to create my profile to help me and anyone else looking for a nice, quick way to trim their cm11 roms down to useable apps. When the list is big enough, I will publish a nice HOW-TO on this so that anyone with Titanium Backup can easily duplicate it and do batch removals and freezes based on this new profile to be made.

[MENTION=838017]sherri[/MENTION] how about you? I know you have a pretty good list of bloat to remove. Is [MENTION=4977351]DumbleCore[/MENTION] still with us? He got a new phone but maybe he can still share what he has.

Thank you very much. :highfive:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
On my phone, I delete Live Wallpapers, Google Music, Google games, Apollo, News & Weather
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Decon1:
Good idea! I remove all kinds of apks. Do it before you install. Just open the .zip then system folder then app folder. I remove anything I don't want and replace it with an apk I want. Example camera2.apk with snap_camera.apk. I have removed the calculator, Email.apk (I use Gmail), CellBroadcastReceiver.apk, MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk and Browser.apk (I use Boat Browser), Apollo.apk and more depending on ROM.

Also this is a GREAT way to edit build.prop. So if you want to change LCD density or mot.proximity.delay or or or...

Also, it is easy to change out the kernel to. Say I want to use AXXION kernel in CM 11 I just copy and paste. It's located in system/etc/kexec/kernel. Only replace the kernel.

Not recommended for stock slot but have some fun! Yep always a chance you won't boot but so what...Hey friend do it again :) Thanks to DumbleCore for his tutelage.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
Also safe to remove : Browser/email/exchange services/gmail/Hangouts /Facebook /YouTube /
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Uh, thank you. I am not sure of what all you are telling me, very late, time for bed. I was working on a safe list to create a Titanium Backup Profile of Bloatware that we can safely Freeze or Uninstall from the system. So far we have:

Apollo

Browser

Email

Exchange Services

Facebook

Gmail

Google Music

Google Games

Hangouts

Live Wallpapers

News & Weather

Youtube

Great list guys, keep them coming. When I am not so tired, I will get back to try and figure out what you are telling me. Goodnight guys, thanks and keep 'em coming! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Decon1:
Sorry maybe too much info at once.

So, I download the CM 11 zip file. Now I open the .zip with an un-zip utility like winRAR, 7zip etc. Once opened double click the system folder then double click the app folder. In that folder is where all the apps (apk's) reside. You can delete the ones you do not want, example, those listed above. If you have any apk's like Snap_Camera you can add them. Close the Zip add it to your phone. Flash away! Works slick! No garbage right from the GetGo. Of course uninstalling with TB works good too :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Oh, you are suggesting to do is to open the cm11 zip file and delete the apk app files that you do not want installed when you flash the file. Well, that is

one way

of doing it. :silly:

That is a bit of preliminary work and it also will change the zip signature and MD5 sum of the download, thus making it impossible to check for integrity and taking away the zip file verification during install. Yes, I am sure that would work, but I, myself, would prefer to get a good filter set created and saved for Titanium Backup so that I can run a batch job on any new install to remove or freeze all of the bloat I do not want. One shot, run the batch, and done. Plus I can then run the already created and saved "Bloatware" profile or filter set and running it is a very easy process. As opposed to performing surgery on every single update file I install on my device.

I am "An OTA Man", meaning almost ALL updates I do to cm11 are done via the /Settings/About Phone/CyanogenMod Updates/ menu. Tap to download, tap again to install and reboot. Done! Run TiBu "Destroy Bloatware" setup later. To each his own. You certainly have a unique approach, Deacon! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
So, [MENTION=3302486]Decon1[/MENTION], that is not the first time you've mentioned splicing the Axxion kernel into a ROM. What do you get from cm11 when you do that? Super speed, silky smoothness, stellar battery life? LOL, just wondering how much difference it makes, I've been curious if most of their tweaks were in the ROM or the kernel. The devs professed to know no coding when they started out, so I don't know how modified their kernel is...

Still, with the battery life of their latest build, I've been tempted to try your approach. How's it working for you?

- Brian

"... no matter where you go, there you are.". -Buckaroo Banzai

AIO XT912 Stock Utility:

Reflash/Root/SafeStrap​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Decon1:
Well I like it..but you never know LOL! It could be placebo. It seems faster and smoother. Ya know it's so easy to do. I am lucky that I have both a Phone and a tester so everything starts on the tester first.

This really isn't much different than flashing JBX, instead its copy & paste? LOL! I always think JBX runs better but I have been burned by it before. When the day is done I think a properly tweaked kernel using one of the tweakers works just as well. I truly think the only reason to replace a kernel is cuz we can :cowboy:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
Yeah, I love android the way a weekend street rodder loves his Chevy! I'm more a hammer-and-tongs sort of guy with my own phone:

a. Extract kernel from ROM image

b. Reboot to SafeStrap

c. Use File Manager to replace kernel in working ROM

d. Wipe cache/Dalvik cache, reboot

e. Laugh/cry [emoji3]

Anything else, I just hack on a running system, then reboot if I need to. The two best app purchases I ever made are TiBu and Root Explorer!

- Brian

"... no matter where you go, there you are.". -Buckaroo Banzai

AIO XT912 Stock Utility:

Reflash/Root/SafeStrap​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Sticky WiFi question at the help desk. Volunteers requested.

Requesting Help Desk assistance in the Q&A Thread

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Okay Boys and Girls,

We are all members here, most are Senior Members, everyone is welcome to man the help desk at any given time, and most of us do. We field the questions that we have experience with and can comfortably answer. Thank you everybody for that spirit of mutual cooperation! :victory:

As we all know, "Jake" has created a Q&A Thread to help him gain experience to become an XDA Admin. So, we, I, us, all get to take turns helping over there. Now I got a help request that is a bit difficult to handle. I will do the best I can but really, I need some of you experienced members to hop over there and see if you can lend a hand, please. :angel:

What is Jake/Shawn's story? Is he "dead" again? Can Jake/Shaun please either stay dead or quit dying and start helping again? I mean, really, this is very disruptive for the entire group! :p

Go to JakeDHS07 and Ohmster's CyanogenMod Q&A Thread and the very last question or two is from iamteachme. He has a question about changing or fixing his WiFi MAC address and I am doing the best I can with it. Can some of you go over there and see what you know about his question and all pitch in to see what kind of help we can offer?

[MENTION=3313632]ChungHung.Chen[/MENTION] had contributed in one of the URLs I gave him. Anybody else? What about you, [MENTION=1807728]brkahughes[/MENTION], you got any ideas? Anyone? :confused:

Thanks folks! :good:

EDIT:

iamteachme is paying attention. I just gave him the wifical.sh instructions so let's see how he does with it. ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ChungHung.Chen:
Hi all,

Could iamteachme provide correct WiFi MAC address to us?

Through PM is a safe way.

Maybe we can modify nvs.map for him and give it a try?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
[MENTION=3313632]ChungHung.Chen[/MENTION]

Mr. Chen! How nice to see you again, my friend! :laugh:

Yeah, I think changing the nvs_map.bin file and running wifical.sh afterwards is a bit over teachme's head. He is going to get another phone in 3 weeks and I believe he is just going to wait and have the new phone authorized to his work wireless network.

I did see what you have posted about this issue, it was one of the links I gave teachme. I did look for instructions with the referring URLs on how to actually do this, permanently and what I found was pretty rough. There were good instructions on how to modify this file but for some Texas Instruments device using a Hex Editor. The instructions were not exactly clear to me. But Brian Hughes presented me a challenge on how to do it, so I really took the time to modify my own file and save it, on the PC. I am 99% sure this would work and 99.9% sure it would cause no harm in the event that it did not work. All you are doing is altering a system file that contains the WiFi MAC address information, restoring it to the phone, and running wifical.sh once again to commit the changes. I cannot actually change my phone's MAC Addy because it was is an expensive refurbished factory replacement XT912 I got from my insurance. In the ever-so-tiny chance that something could go wrong, it would cost me another $100 I do not have currently plus I would lose my insurance for one year because I would have placed two claims in a one year period. But would I do this if I had to? You bet, this looks pretty darned solid to me. I am so excited inside to see what you think, Mr. Chen. ;)

The tricky part was making a "How-To" out of this information just from the pictures on the page and using what I had at hand. I think it came out good and packaged it up in a zip with the post as a clickable pdf file, along with the very important image file showing what to look for, what to change, and how to change it.

Mr. Chen, I would be so honored if you would take a moment to look this post and package over and tell me if you think this would do the trick. Would you be so kind, Mr. Chen?

Ohmster's WiFi MAC Address change for XT910 & XT912 devices

Mr. Chen, you are very good with things like this. And it is 100% true when I said how glad I am to see you again. When good friends disappear for a while and then return, there is a certain feeling of "wellness" that I know my friend is alright. And you, Mr. Chen, have always been someone I would consider a very good friend. Goodnight Mr. Chen!

P.S.

I did take the time to make a very detailed "How-To" for changing the WiFi MAC address on XT910 and XT912 phones. A zip with instructions as well as the important jpeg file that color codes the parts of the MAC address and where to change them. Just substitute your desired MAC address for the one in the image, make the changes, save file and put back on the phone where you got it, run wifical.sh afterwards. Save the zip and tuck it away someplace if you ever have a need for this, fellows. Cheers all! :victory:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] LumberjackZac:
Mirroring to chromecast

been wondering if anyone has been successfull at mirroring their xt912 screen to chromecast? This thread Mirror any device was what peaked my interest but it doesnt seem that a dev has added the missing file for any xt912 rom. Yes we can cast netflix, chrome, allcast, but not your literal screen. The thread enabled my device to castscreen directly through the rom but, it would immediately disconnect
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION], try Installing CM11 IN STOCK SLOT. You won't be disappointed.

Just wipe everything except SD Card, and flash the latest nightly, plus gapps.

The performance is incredible, and the boot time is VERY fast.:)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
ON STOCK SLOT WITH NO OTHER ROM SLOTS CREATED,

I wiped

Dalvik,

Cache,

System,

Data,

Internal Storage(this failed when wiping for me.) and

Android Secure.

After that, I did a factory reset, and I installed CM11 on the stock slot.

All of this needs to be done on STOCK SLOT !Without¡ any rom slots created.

Hope this works for everybody else.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
Tsk, tsk, [MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION], I'm afraid you're stuck with the partition sizes the internal ROM uses. Changing those would mean changing the partition table which is flashed through our locked boatloader when the phone is initialized during fastboot!

SafeStrap doesn't actually "need" virtual slots in order to function as a recovery, and is perfectly able to flash zips to the "stock" position; even cm11 and GApps. My phone currently has LS on "stock" and cm11 on slot 1. Before flashing to any slot, either virtual or the 'real' partitions, I habitually wipe everything except internal and external SDs, and have never had a problem. The same applies to restoring a backup; I've restored them to any position I please (stock to slot 1,2, whatever / virtual slot to stock) without experiencing any trouble.

- Brian

"... no matter where you go, there you are.". -Buckaroo Banzai

AIO XT912 Stock Utility:

Reflash/Root/SafeStrap​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Decon1:
Ok, with the ERIS (Yeah Ancient) I flashed stock all the time nandroid backup and off ya go. So pardon my knowledge gap but what is the advantage of flashing the Stock Slot? Space saving and??
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
[MENTION=5711114]Bobcus Leper[/MENTION] and [MENTION=1807728]brkahughes[/MENTION]

Information like this I keep on my PC in a "Files" folder under my name/Devices/Droid Razr Maxx/Files. I am not quite ready to toast the installed blur rom that came with the phone, but I will admit is is outdated, slow, and since I rarely use it, has a huge backlog of updates ready to install. Having a sweet build of cm11 installed as stock and up to date would for sure be a big plus. That would also allow me plenty of room to create a rom slot and install an alternative rom. All really good stuff, archived for future use.

Late now, still have to think this through and verify my stock backup works, then, yeah, it sounds like a total winner. Of course stock slot partition sizes cannot be altered so I could put everything I need in cm11 stock, just greenify the crap out of it and remove services and apps I will never use.

Thanks guys, thank you very much! :D

Bri, back in Q&A I posted a link to a page that tells all about the nvs_map.bin file, where to find it, and how to make a new one. Only thing is that the tutorial was written for a DroidX, but there may be enough similarities for it to work or at least teach you a LOT of stuff about it. Happy reading! ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
Anyone else having issues with Verizon network? I have white bars, but I'm having a problem getting to the Internet, sending texts, and making calls. I did a little looking around and found that my phone is logging a lot of time with bad service, even though my indicator and wifi show everything is good. See attached. Look at all that red. Any advice?

EDIT: I'm on 10/5. This has been getting worse over the last couple of weeks. I think I might just need to start fresh.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
In theory, since the SafeStrap virtual slots are actually a filesystem constructed in a Virtual Container File (similar to the storage method used by Virtual Box and VMware on your PC), read/write operations to the actual physical partitions should be faster and more energy efficient, as they don't need to be redirected by SafeStrap. On one of my older phones, a similar method was used by Boot Manager, which stored the virtual ROMs on the external SD card. The disadvantage was that performance was affected by the write speed of the card! These operations are made simpler due to the nature of Linux, and the use of mount points.

Mentioning Virtual Box and VMware makes me think of the similarities between those host/client systems and the android architecture... After all, we have a host OS (Linux) running a virtualizer (Dalvik) to interpret a client architecture (Java). At least until ART matures!

- Brian

"... no matter where you go, there you are.". -Buckaroo Banzai

AIO XT912 Stock Utility:

Reflash/Root/SafeStrap​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ChungHung.Chen:
Hi :laugh:,

I know the "How-to" is the best way for anyone, but [MENTION=3865478]iamteachme[/MENTION] use his phone at work and may need an "instant" solution because his IT has security control by WiFi MAC address. I'm an IT engineer for 10+ years and that's why I suggest to do the modification for this case instead of giving the how-to. That's my opinion about this case. :P

I've read your how-to and it's very clear, especially the screenshot which is the key point in modification. If I have time I will write a "Step-to-Step" how-to for it. Start from requirement -> detailed step of modification -> copy it back ( wifical.sh ) -> reference link. It will help me to know the process better and can help others after me ( my old IT habit :p ).

SafeStrap will "inject" itself to stock slot to do the "hijack" trick for recovery, so a working stock slot is NEEDED, no matter which version in it. You can wipe stock slot and flash it in SafeStrap recovery, SafeStrap will detect and inject necessary files into /system to make next boot work. So you must take flash process very carefully if you are on stock slot. But stock slot is flashable. My CM11 is in stock slot now.

When I start to flash ROM on my XT910, I didn't know about /pds and lost it's content. That's why I try to find a way to get my WiFi MAC address back. /pds is very important so I wish to make a suggestion to OP [MENTION=4161843]ktimque[/MENTION], please add a notification in OP to do a backup of /pds before starting flash. Help this can save others from lost /pds.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
No, I am on Verizon too and never have issues like that until my LTE chip died. See my screenshot. On 10/03 right now. Did you notice this issue in previous builds, 2¢? CDMA+LTE/EVDO? Subscription RUIM/SIM? APN: Verizon Internet - VZWINTERNET? :confused:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
Yeah, been a problem for a few weeks, but keeps getting worse. All the settings are correct, but I am missing my /pds folder and my MAC address is the generic one. I'm trying to figure that part out. Does flashing to JB using RSD fix those problems?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ChungHung.Chen:
Hi again, :D

Thanks for your help but I've already got an copy of /pds from [MENTION=5849464]mikeoswego[/MENTION] two monthes ago. Thank you again, mikeoswego.