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[Motorola Droid RAZR] SimpTheChimp:
I just began using this yesterday - although I love CM11, I have been plagued lately with numerous issues: massive slow downs, the 'black screen of death' (i.e. trying to turn power on/bring out of sleep mode results in black screen and a full reboot), and of course the annoying orange bars issue.

Anyway, so far am I VERY pleased with Axxionkat - I did have some orange bars issue at the beginning, but I applied the new APNs fix and I haven't had a problem since!! Battery life is good, and when combined with Solo Launcher, the thing screams! No more massive slow downs... and I have yet to have a black SOD. Yeah, the disappearing status bar can be a little annoying, but it is more than livable. And I don't really ever use MMS, so it's not a problem with me.

I hated to give up using CM but as Ohmstr has said, the last few releases seem to have gotten much worse. With Axxionkat I seem to have a full working phone again that is fast. But I'll be keeping my eye on CM11 in case the devs fix most of the issues.

Just a 2 cents.... :D

-Tom
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sShadowSs:
I'm on xt912 Verizon in NYC.

am I the only one having orange bars issue on both 9/10 and 9/21 nightlies? (tested these both in recommendations from folks in this thread).

On 9/21, besides orange bars, I was having constant LTE to 3G drops (while sitting in my office where I always have 4 to 5 reception bars on the LTE) so that setup only lasted for a few hours. Moved on to 9/10 release per Ohmster recommendation and it's nice and smooth but the orange bars are coming up at least once every 30 minutes and stay on until I toggle the airplane mode.

I've tried Global vs CDMA+LTE/EVDO network types and both RUIM/SIM and NV subscriptions all with same results.

Both nightlies were installed in a freshly created slot. I would delete the slot and recreate it to make sure there is nothing left over from previous roms. Also I do not use JBX kernel and I did reset APNs to defalut, just in case.

Anything else I should try? Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Would really like to have cm11 as daily driver instead of going back to CM 10.1.3 which has been more or less solid for me and is my current daily driver.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Wow, that's unusual. It sounds like you are doing everything right, Shadow, but for whatever reason, you are still having signal issues in what you say is a confirmed, solid signal location. I just gave Simp The Chimp some solid advice and even though you have done this before, try it with the alternate file I have made available for CM11 09/10. I know it is a solid build and have used it with NO signal issues or any issues at all for close to a month.

Grab CM11 09/10 Here in my reply to Tom and give it a try. I know this build is good. HTH, good luck, Shadow! :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sShadowSs:
Thanks Ohmster.

That's actually where I downloaded the 9/10 built from since it's not on the CM servers anymore.

I did notice one thing though - even with orange bars I am still able to browse the internet and even the Play store - which I couldn't do before on other roms/cm nigtlies. Weird!

Now just to confirm - I can't see the orange bars on the Status Bar but when I pull down the quick settings panel that's where the signal icon turns orange. Is there an xposed add on that would turn signal orange in the actual Status Bar? I can't seem to find one.

Thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Wow, that is weird. I am not sure if you can see signal icon at all in status bar or if they simply remain colored and do not reflect the Google connection status of turning orange. I myself use Xposed modules and use one to "pretty up" my status bar icons, Ex-Themer KK. That will color my icons all nice and pretty, but I do want for them to turn orange to reflect my current connection status. To "get around coloring my icons and let me see the orange", I use the Gravity Box KK module BUT only version 3.2.5 because any version of if AFTER 3.2.5 removes the "Do not apply color" under Stausbar Colors/Signal color mode. It is okay to color the statusbar icon color, I use the stock blue, but this version of Gravity Box KK has the option NOT to apply color to statusbar signal icons so that you can see the orange. HTH. :good:

I am currently testing CM11 Build 09/30 and have some bad news.

Although everything seems to work, no matter what or how I try, I can no longer access Settings. The app will FC every time, even after rebooting and clearing the cache and Dalvik Cache. I have to restore my backup.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sShadowSs:
I don't have xposed installed just yet and the signal icon in the status bar is always white. Just has white LTE above the white signal bars.

Next time I catch the orange bars I'll take a few screen shots and post them here.

Of course they haven't showed up since I started writing about them but I'm sure it's coming! :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Ahhh, I get it. W/out modules, that white signal icon should definitely reflect your Google server connection status. Orange means no connection for sync, among other things. White means you are good to go. So before clouding the issue with Xposed modules, you have the perfect setup to check your Google connection status with white for connected and orange for no connection. See how this works before doing anything else. I will give you screenshots of what the modules do when you are ready for it.

Right now, getting a good, reliable build installed for day to day use is paramount. Back up that base install and revert to it when an update goes South. When you do install and update and are still happy with it by day 2 or 3, back that up so you need not go back to the Base install again and can revert to the most recent build install that works well.

It sounds like you are doing much better, ask for help when you need it. :D

---------- Post added at 05:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:10 PM ----------

CM11 Build 09/30 is a NO-GO

I just OTA updated from a successful and completely working 09/27 build to 09/30. The install went well and I really thought the phone was good to go. I wanted to check my storage and found I could never get to Settings. No matter how I try, button on phone, pull-down menu, or even desktop or app drawer icon, Settings would FC before I ever got to see the Settings screen. I rebooted, wiped cache and Dalvik, yet the Settings FC issue remained. NO access to device settings. For me, that is a deal breaker so I reverted to 09/27 backup.

I use several Xposed Modules, anyone else confirm that 09/30 is a bad build? Thanks. :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION], here is the link for the Liquid Smooth nightlies.

drdevs.com/devs/teamliquid/Nightly/Moto_Razr_Verizon/

I am currently using the 9/22 build, and it has been excellent all week. Will eventually try newer version, but this is working so well I am afraid to "jinx" it!

As for moving apps to SD card, no, I never move the "red" ones, as they are System apps, and some systems depend on that.. Well... Actually, some system apps are fine to move. I move Hangouts and Google+, because although they are listed as system apps (depending on the GAPPs package), I know they aren't necessary and can be easily deleted.

I freeze it uninstall system apps I don't use, such as live wallpapers, Apollo, and Google Music. (I know it would be nice to store my music there, but I always have an issue with it, and I can't fix album art...)

Keyboards and Launchers should always be kept in internal storage, as should apps with widgets you want to use. I keep Jorte (calendar) app internal, sms backup as internal, Titanium as internal (although backups save to SD card) and a root Explorer as internal. I prefer Solid Explorer for that.

As for my "stingy" space allotment, once I cleaned things as I told you, I haven't had an issue. Just remember that when restoring from TiBu, do a few at a time, and batch move the ones you can before doing more. Otherwise, you will run out of space...

Definitely try Liquid Smooth. It seems to be my favorite and the most reliable.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sShadowSs:
So here's what I'm talking about: signal icon in status bar is always white. This goes for every ROM I've tried and I think I've tried them all, but as soon as I pull down I see the wretched orange bars so unless I look at the quick pulldown icons I don't know if I have or don't have the connection to Google servers.

I assume this is normal?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
[MENTION=838017]sherri[/MENTION]

WOW! This is just AWESOME advice and I have already copied it to local file. ...uh, can I say "I love you" WITHOUT:

Making you offended or uncomfortable

No getting you to take this too seriously

Creating an International Incident

:p

Really, this is

good stuff

! I have reservations about deleting, moving, or freezing system apps but freezing is the least destructive. I find that freezing an app will get it out of the way and if nothing terrible happens, I can then safely uninstall or move it w/out worry because I will have backups to restore.

Album Art and space? Let me see. Checking Google Play Music storage space.

Total: 92.25Mb

App: 14.36Mb

USB Storage App: 0B

Data: 5.82Mb

SD Card: 72.06Mb

Not bad. Now let me see what I have album art. Yes, all of my album art is up to date except things in the collection that "are weird" such as some music that does not come from an existing original album such as "collections" like Hits of the 80's, 1734 Bach, any kind of notifications that have crept in somehow, and things like that. For standard albums like "Michael Jackson - Off The Wall", the correct album art is displayed. Not really an issue unless your PC collection is not labeled properly prior to uploading to Google Music. There are a lot of free mp3 PC apps that will sort your music and put it into folders by artist and album, and give it the correct album title. Maybe that would organize your collection enough for you to get correct album art. That is, if you do not mind the 100Mb or so that is required for on device storage.

Hey, I have everything you posted for the last 5 posts or so copied to a clickable text file for URLs that I am using as a reference, I hope that you don't mind. You are very much a well seasoned and experienced member here as well as someone I am happy to call my friend. Thank you very much, I will be digging into this probably next week when I feel better and up to it. Not to worry, I will let you know how it all works out, might have a question or two.

Thank you very much! :highfive:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] drewski_1:
yep, that's the normal behavior now, where it used to change the status bar icon blue & grey (iirc). i think i read it was a power saving decision and Google didn't think anyone understood teh changing color anyways.

BTW, you can enable the orange in the status bar with Gravity Box XPosed module.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sherri:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION], it takes a lot more than that to offend me!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
:D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] crackerjack1957:
Settings crash when opening on cm11 9-30

OTA from 9-29

Just a heads up!!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
CONFIRMED

I just installed this update this afternoon and you cannot access your Settings anymore. Instant FC, you never get to see the Settings screen. Rebooting, wiping cache and Dalvik does not help. Reverted to 09/26 backup. :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
Do install Xposed Framework, Gravity Box is full of other good stuff too, but for a light weight network status indicator I use Clock Color Changer module. I have it set to turn my status bar clock red when I lose connectivity...

And yeah, Google nixed the color changing icons between Jellybean and KitKat [emoji20]

- 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

UPDATED!​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] farangcm:
Same with the 9/30 XT910 build--can't get into settings :( . The builds are too much the same, when you don't want them to be!

Allen
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Yep. The next nightly may very well clear this up, Allen. Check out the Changelog for details.

Fix upgrade to latest proguard (android_packages_apps_Settings)

Thanks for confirming it. :good:

P.S.

XT910 devices often get overlooked so any updates, information, testing, or reporting on such devices are

very welcome

. You made a difference. Thanks buddy. ;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Updated Safe Strap Partition Reference Standards for Droid Razr Devices

Updated Safe Strap Partition Reference Standards for Droid Razr Devices​

I recently updated my "Non-Official Safe Strap Partition Reference Standards for Droid Razr Devices" to reflect actual data use, not projected or estimated data partition use. The published reference page here has been updated to reflect the actual use sizes for a typical CM11 install. References to [MENTION=838017]sherri[/MENTION] are indicated on reducing the sizes further.

Safe Strap Partition Reference Standards for Droid Razr Devices

Stock Slot - Not Adjustable

System: 700 Mb

Data: 3,000 Mb

Cache: 300 Mb

Slot1 - CyanogenMod ROM 11

System: 700 Mb

Data: 2,000 Mb

Cache: 300 Mb

Stock is not adjustable but for more spare room on your sdcard, data partition size for CM11 has been reduced to 2GB. Thank you for your attention and special thanks to [MENTION=838017]sherri[/MENTION] for sharing her experience and wisdom for extremely frugal partition sizes HERE and HERE! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] farangcm:
Here are my XT910 Safe Strap 3.73 slot sizes:

Stock: System 770MB (28MB Free) Data 3834MB (3510MB Free) Cache 708MB (691MB Free) - JB Fastbooted to fix a bootloop.

Slot 1: System 688MB (166MB Free) Data 1968MB (1514MB Free) Cache 295MB (279MB Free) - CM11

Slot 2: System 688MB (234MB Free) Data 1771MB (1494MB Free) Cache 295MB (279MB Free) - PA, Liquid, or AxxionKat from backups

Allen
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
I'm running xt912 09/29 2nd build and can get to the settings so it's definitely something that got introduced in the 09/30 build.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] welder73:
Delete

Sent from my Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Thanks Allen, this is really interesting. Let me clean this up a bit to make it easier to read.

Allen's Safe Strap Partitions

Stock JB

System: 770Mb - 28Mb Free

Data: 3834Mb - 3510 Free

Cache: 708Mb - 691Mb Free

Slot 1 - CM11

System: 688Mb - 166Mb Free

Data: 1968Mb - 1514 Free

Cache: 295Mb - 279Mb Free

Slot 2 - PA, Liquid, or AxxionKat

System: 688Mb - 234Mb Free

Data: 1771Mb - 1494 Free

Cache: 295Mb - 279Mb Free

Since stock is hands off anyway, let's analyze the other slot's Data usage.

Usage Results:

Slot 1 - CM11

Data - 453 Mb

Slot 2 - PA, Liquid, or AxxionKat

Data - 277 Mb

Holy Cow! You have some very thin slot installs. Only using 453 Mb Data for CM11 on Slot 1. You can easily reduce that Data slot to 1Gb.

Only using 277 Mb Data for PA, Liquid, or AxxionKat on Slot 2. You can easily reduce that Data slot to 1Gb.

That would give you back 2 more Gb of internal storage space unless you really plan to install a LOT more stuff. Are you running these roms nearly barren of apps? Very neat, thank you very much for the look at your partition sizes. :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] farangcm:
I agree. Your format is easier to read. :good: I run my usual stable of apps. I add older Maps and YouTube apps (I find that often the latest app versions are double the size, and only add ads, in-app purchases, or foreign languages). But I am aware that the developers need to make money to continue their good work. I use the latest version of some apps like "App Backup & Restore" because older versions don't see the external SD card in KitKat. "App Backup and Restore" automatically backs up each app when installed, but doesn't back up data like Titanium Backup. Link2SD freezes bloatware and gapps I don't use. In all, I usually have 50-60 apps installed and hundreds more backed up, in case I need one. I also installed minimal gapps.

I just installed Gummy 3.0 in slot 2 last night. It's hard for me to determine which rom uses the least battery. I need a test suite. For standby usage, I just leave the phone in standby for an hour, and see how much battery has been used. I try to install a new rom with a full battery, otherwise battery usage varies widely. I wonder how much battery these spectacular boot animations use, especially Liquid Smooth and Gummy. I use up a lot of battery, making new backups after I make changes I don't want to lose.

Allen
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
Check it out these stats with 9/29. It's been acting a little weird in general.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] farangcm:
Bug or Feature ?

When I add a phone number to the phone book, there is an option to use "Phone-only, unsynced" or "Corporate" (my Outlook email account). or "Google." Yet when I add a Phone-only number, it is also added to the Google People app!? :confused: Sorry if this has already been answered but XDA Search is down.

Allen
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
Yes, you will see all contacts in the "People" app. "Phone-only, unsynced" means that the contact won't sync with your Google account. So the contact is added on your phone but not synced. Should you do a clean install and you log into your Google account., all synced contacts will be synced back onto your phone, but if the contact was added as unsynced, then it is gone forever.

Contacts that are synced with your Google account can be found when you log into Gmail (through a web-browser) and then go to "Contacts". You can also add/delete contacts here and edit contacts; changes will be synced to your phone (ensure sync is enabled).

The "people" app displays all your contacts - it does not deal only with synced contacts. Think of it almost like browsing your contacts on an old Nokia (3310) or some phone before Android. ;)

Downloaded 9/30 last night and was just about to update now, but luckily I checked here before I did anything.

Also, regarding moving apps to SD. Do those apps launch after connecting phone to PC as mass storage (I'm taking after you have disconnected from PC), or must you still do a restart?

Generated on a RAZR Maxx (XT910) using XDA's free mobile app.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sShadowSs:
A little off topic but WOO-HOO!!!!

Verizon decided NOT to throttle unlimited data plan users after all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/01/verizon-wont-throttle-unlimited-data/
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
Settings is back in 10/02. I was still having slow wake up issues in 09/29 so decided to jump up and see they were fixed. Will report back after it runs for a bit.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
If you are on Verizon can you check and see if MMS is working? Please report back the results. Thanks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] crackerjack1957:
Thanks for update, this has made my day!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
[MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION].

Received my Belkin AirCast today.

I'll check it out when I'm back home this evening. :D :)

Generated on a RAZR Maxx (XT910) using XDA's free mobile app.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ef141:
MMS is working in Hangouts on the 10-02 build
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
Stock app is working too! Seems like a good build so far.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
I can confirm successful mms on 10/02 on Verizon.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
UPDATE:

Thanks for all the confirmations on 10/02, I am downloading it now. I see they made some change to the blacklist:

relax phone normalization (android_packages_providers_TelephonyProvider)

I hope this fixes a new issue in the blacklist that no longer seems to work. In the Blacklist, you can blacklist any telephone number from text and calls. You also got the bonus to use wildcards, i.e.: use a period as "any number" and an asterisk to mean "Repeat this any number". I previously used the Blacklist with wildcards to Blacklist my ex GF's entire area code, she would not leave me alone and always borrow another phone to bug me and ask for money. She cannot be a "friend". let alone "girlfriend" because she violates all trust. But constantly calling for money! Instructions on how to use the wildcards are in the Settings menu for Blacklist, "use wildcards" with an explanation on how to use them. The wildcards fixed this issue for me like this:

772.*

Meaning that any number that starts with 227 (the number) and any number that comes after it (the period) would repeat as "any number" for the remainder of the phone number (the asterisk).

So if I got a call from ANYONE who is calling with a 772 area code would be blacklisted. The wildcard are no longer working. If you try to add one, you get this message, "Unable to add invalid number to blacklist". Bummer!

Has anyone else had issues now with using the blacklist and wildcards? Yes/No?

I am doing the 10/02 update to see if this changes. :fingers-crossed:

UPDATE:

CM11 Nightly Build 10/02 SOLID

The blacklist issue in cm11 for using wildcards has been fixed in 10/02!

I just installed CM11 update 10/02 and this seems like a really good rom. NO issues at all immediately apparent. Will keep group updated if any bugs appeared but this really seems like a keeper for my backups. Will confirm again tomorrow.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rgerrans:
Don't know about the blacklist, but after 24 hours 10/02 seems a winner. Haven't experienced any slow wake ups today, thought haven't been on the phone as much as normal. So far no orange bars that I've noticed either. Battery drain running 4% an hour so seems good there as well. I'll see how it does this weekend but so far looking good to go.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Decon1:
Nice tutorial! Thanks! I use mine too but not to that extent. I still use the No Call Registry and Blacklist calls from the hundreds of Air Conditioning companies that are always offering 'Free Checkups' ;)