[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Deeee-lightful!

Today is a lousy day in South Florida. The rain has not stopped for 5 days and shows no sign of clearing up. I had to do some driving around today for errands and I got to give my new Moto-X Pure a workout. So, I did what I always did with the Razr, and then some,

sans the waiting

. :)

OMG, what a treat! Bluetooth to CarConnect, streaming music and radio, navigation to my remote destination, and while doing that, making and taking calls and text messages. Guess what? NO WAITING, AT ALL! Hands free, no less! The phone knows when I am driving so I just talk and tell it what I want. I was going to open TapaTalk and post the message, live, from the road and I certainly could have done so. This is like "Another Universe" compared to the Razr. I can remember, getting navigation up took 2 minutes, open streaming radio another minute, and if the phone rang, I needed to make a call, or used text, the screen would go black, circle arrow spinning around for a long time, and then, maybe my screen would come back. OR, the phone would just reboot. :(

A new phone with some power, be it a Moto-X Pure or any modern phone with power, and kiss all that black screen WAIT, and self-rebooting goes away, just like that. Yes I am sure all of you know this but when a friend has this and shows it to you or tells you about it, you start to think, "Isn't my time worth anything?". "Why must I wait so long for my screen to return that I miss my exit on the highway?".

This became such an issue for me because I *never* have money to buy a new phone. This problem NEVER went away so I had to "Create an emergency" like having to buy new tires for the car. A BIG expense that I cannot afford, but because I need tires to drive anymore, I make it happens, somehow. In my case, I got an unexpected bonus when I let go of unlimited, I saved $75 on the phone bill, phone is paid for in 6 months.

Folks, no doubt, we love our Razr phones and they have served us so very well, for such a long time. 3 years plus! But there comes a time when we have to move along and get something functional, practical, easy to use, and fun to use. I will place a note on the guide to buy a new phone if it is at all possible. If you guys are on the fence and need to upgrade your device,

Make an Emergency

to get it done! Same as you would do it you broke a tooth, needed tires, or needed your car water pump replaced. And then, you will be happy again. :laugh:

One thing that really helped me get this done is asking all of you what phones you like and what would you get if you could. I don't know all "the really good" phones out there and almost made a mistake I would have to live with by wanting the Galaxy S5 or Note 4. These are expensive phones from Verizon, and you all warned me off them. I never heard of the Moto-X and especially not "The Pure Edition" but [MENTION=6309629]dtiger1138[/MENTION] made me aware of it. When I choose a phone, I take a quick look at the picture and then head straight to the Specifications. Wow, this Pure Edition not only had the external sdcard, which is sadly going away, it has a 5.7" screen, comes in 16 Gb internal memory, or get the 32 Gb model. Not to mention a totally unlocked bootloader and easy to root and install recovery. I was in love and that was that. And I have all of you to thank for helping me avoid not so good phones and ultimately pointing me to what I would consider to be the very best phone we could want.

Okay, I am in Heaven with this new phone. Any issues I complained about were my own fault, not with the phone. I had ringer turned off because I did not understand "Interruptions", I blew out my systemui because I didn't realize it was the launcher, you all reminded me that the launcher is an app, install a good one, you gave me the answer, the Nova Prime Launcher.d

Thanks guys, you all served me very, very well! :highfive: :victory:

---------- Post added at 04:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:08 PM ----------

Oh that's a given alright. Just look at Windows Updates, they never stop! But CM is not exactly maintaining CM11, they dropped development and as you pointed out, [MENTION=5711114]Bobcus Leper[/MENTION], it was Michael who carried the torch when CM dropped the ball on rom 11 and created 4 more "Unofficial" updates that we got, because he has an OMAP4 device himself. Then he gave us the September update for Stagefright. There will always be bugs, exploits, and security patches, but like Microsoft, once a company drops support for an OS, they do not come back and release more.

What do you mean, "supposedly" Bob? I did install the stagefright detector app, ran it, found I was vulerable, then updated the rom, re-ran the utility, and found no more stagefright vulnerability. Did you run the "Stagefright Detector" and it "lied to you" or something?

I am with you, buddy. I would love to see more updates for CM11, not that I need it now, but for the benefit of all my friends her, one of which is you, Bobcus Leper. I just don't see CM making any additional effort. Michael would make more, especially if he is still using his Motorola DROID 4 XT894. But I think he got a new phone in his last email, he told me he did get a new, non OMAP4 phone:

From what he told me, there will be no more Official CM11 builds. Whether or not he makes an Unofficial release is yet to be seen. Since he does not have that phone anymore and what he told me in last email:

It doesn't sound very likely. This is not a "who is right" issue, Bob. But, If you are accurate and want to "be the one who is right", so be it. You can be "the right one". I'll back you up if you are accurate and you usually are my friend. Makes no difference to me. :laugh:

Anyway, I hope there is another CM11 rom, but I would not count on it my friend. But still, fingers crossed! :fingers-crossed:

Thanks for all the recent help, Bob. You are a really good guy, experienced and always there to help people like a lot of us. Casper, Welder73, dtiger1138m, sherri, too many to count. I really do appreciate the help. ;)