[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Awesome! Thank you very much for the info, Sherri and I am so happy to see you are still alive and apparently well. I did miss you in your absence. Good people I remember and you are one I am glad to see back, if only for a check in.

Yeah, that's another thing. I have to clean out Titanium Backup for stuff I never use nor never will. I could thin it out quite a bit and then only have things that are useful. Not like restoring everything and then having to pick out all the stuff I don't want, or restoring it, bit by bit. Nice idea, thanks Sherri.

I was testing Hangouts video calling with Emil today and he has a neat strategy that he uses...

Hangouts is another story. I love the app and all the things it does in the way of communication but when Emil called today, I could hear the ring on my Tablet behind me as I desperately tried to get my screen to light up and receive the call on the phone in Hangouts. Either the screen would not light fast enough to take the call or the call would not work, "Check your internet connection and try again" and there is nothing wrong with my Verizon broadband. I finally gave up and took the call on the tablet running CM11, smooth as silk.

...And he makes a "base" setup every month with the best build he can find. He does a clean install, does not install apps, and makes it clean and very bare bones. Then he backs this up. So in the event his system gets corrupted like mine, he can restore this base backup and then add back the apps he needs and he is good to go. I really like this idea. Going completely clean is a nightmare for me because I like to customize everything and install things I use. I get "so into this" that the entire procedure" that it takes a very long time. This is why I have not "gone clean" to get the fresh start that I need.

Now with Emil's strategy of this clean base backup, I can now not have to start from ground zero just to get clean. Making a bare bones fresh install is easy enough so I think I will try this new idea to me. Everybody here has given me LOTS of great ideas, strategies, tweaks, and tips. I save all of them and integrate them into my phone as I see fit. Oh it is nice in here, so many things to try and nuggets to discover and share.

You know, everybody has been giving me/us some very good tips and strategies. I have been asking some of the senior members to reveal their settings and they were happy to share. I need a clean install and now with this idea of trimming Titanium, making and backing up a small base install each month, and then installing what I need is starting to come together as not only something I need to do, but something I can do, would not mind doing, and will help a lot. My phone is running so badly that now I am missing phone calls over black screens, sluggish performance, and FC's. I have so much stuff installed it is impossible to determine where the problem is. So, now I have a new idea to try. Too tired for it tonight, but in the day time, I will begin "gathering wood for the fire" and finally, make the base install, back it up, and then filling it in, slowly and carefully with the things i need and watch for anything that degrades performance. Oh I feel so invigorated now and there is HOPE! :)

Thanks for the report and especially for dropping in to say hi, Sherri. Goodnight. :cowboy: