[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Final Build Report Spyder NIGHTLY Build 11/22 - NEGATIVE

[MENTION=5362796]Dwillian[/MENTION] well thank goodness we were able to attract the right kind of assistance. The build I am now on, 11/22, that I thought was so good, is now showing it's true colors. It is a bomb and now lag is back with a vengeance. I will post the negative report at end of post.

I wanted you to try the older pa-gapps only because I know they work, not because "there is anything wrong with the new ones" that I know of. Doesn't matter. Now that [MENTION=3457922]stargo[/MENTION] is monitoring the thread and has identified a bug in the current rom sets, he can and will do something about it. One thing I can always say about Michael is that he "gets things done". Period. He is a very dedicated developer who is not afraid to "mingle with his end users".

Let's check and monitor the Spyder Changelog. Any changes that have the word "omap" in them are commits by Michael and I see he did make one on 11/23. (Click the change to see who wrote it and what was done.) There is only one and this was done by Michael. Click commit listed below to view the author's work report.

ril: implement a new motoOmap4 RIL which unsupports CB/CellInfo (android_device_motorola_omap4-common)

NIGHTLY Build 11/23 might very well be a good build to try. :fingers-crossed:

The strategy I gave you in Post #6854 is a good, working strategy. The Bold text at the end did say if you did not get a stable install within an hour to STOP, something is wrong, and it is! You got lucky because Michael did see the post and frustration and did find a bug. Man, that is great news, Dwillian! :highfive:

So the strategy is good, use it on a new build and let us know if this works for you, okay buddy? You yourself have shared many good tips with the rest of us, one of my favorites is of course, "The Dwillian Dump". I hope that the name does not bother you, I gave it a "snappy name" to make it easy to remember and it is a great way to downgrade w/out losing your stuff. Nice tip fellow! :good:

Now the sad news for the 11/22 NIGHTLY Build.

Final Build Report Spyder NIGHTLY Build 11/22:

I was initially very impressed with this 11/22 nightly build. It installed very fast (Maybe "too fast") and all seemed well. For me, it takes a day or two of daily use to determine once and for all how good the build is. This build worked well for the first day. By day 2, severe lag has returned to the device. Whether I tap a text message or even the dialer, I get a black screen with white, spinning, circular arrow while waiting for the app to load and be able to make a call. The build is inferior and does contain a bug. I am restoring my backup of 11/20 to see if that build is good enough for daily use. Good News: Michael is aware of an issue in the current build set that may be causing the crashes. A commit has been made to the 11/23 Nightly Build.

Final Build Report Spyder NIGHTLY Build 11/22: NEGATIVE!

Rom exhibits severe lag by day two, opening apps will result in black screen and spinning white circular arrow while waiting to open common apps such as the dialer. Avoid this NIGHTLY Build of CM11 11/22.

UPDATE: NIGHTLY Build 11/20 Not So Good.

I did restore my 11/20 Safe Strap backup and wow did that ever go wrong! I had the opportunity to go for a drive and decided to stream Public Radio via Bluetooth Audio to car receiver and since the Interstate was crawling at 10MPH, I wanted to use navigation to see road conditions. (New Google Maps turns red and yellow to indicate slow traffic.) The phone was lagging, BAD. I know this phone, I can stream audio and use Navigation w/out excessive lag perfectly.

Another issue. I live in a heavily saturated Verizon LTE area. The signal bar reading was poor, very poor. 2 bars at most, once in a while full bars. Usually I get full bars and small pockets of low signal, this is the opposite. This issue was also apparent in NIGHTLY Build 11/22. I had to bail but did not want to lose my apps updates. So, I used the now infamous "Dwillian Dump" procedure to downgrade a rom w/out losing your apps and data. (I cannot thank you enough for that terrific little procedure to wipe system and keep my installed apps and data!)

Boot to recovery, wipe cache, dalvik, and system. Install CM11 Nightly Build 11/07 and pa_gapps-modular-mini-4.4.4-20141110-signed. Reboot, update AdAway, BetterBatteryStats as system app, and finally, update Xposed Framework, rebooted. Opened Play Store/My Apps/ Update all (But for the 2 apps I never update.). Done!

So [MENTION=5362796]Dwillian[/MENTION], I am like you. I cannot get a very good, more current NIGHTLY Build installed after 10/07 either. I will try updating to 11/24 to see if [MENTION=3457922]stargo[/MENTION] Michael's patch commit on 10/23 made any difference. And of course, I will tell you and the group. With all of the CM12 Alpha frenzy going on, I have to commit to having a stable, dependable, working phone for daily use and will always make build reports for those of us that depend on it. ...but yeah, I admit, the Android L itch is getting to me. ;)