[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Make sure you have both a gmail account, email address and password, AND a CyanogenMod account, email address and password. If you do not have these two accounts, create them on your PC and write it down!

Hmmm, you are on stock Verizon blur rom, downloaded update but do not dare install it or your root is toast. I will give you solutions but one really great solution is, after preserving the stock rom that came with the phone, I will show how, dump that bloatware crap and use Matt's Utility (This is for model XT912 ONLY!) rom for stock. Most of us do, it is the stock Droid Razr blur rom, with NO BLOAT AT ALL from Verizon or Motorola at all. Comes with rom, wipe install clean or do not wipe and install, razr blade for rooting, and install Safe Strap 3 (You should update Safe Strap afterwards.) More on this as we go along. I do like "Car Compass" and thought it came with Verizon, but it is free at the Play Store.

Oh, so you held your original rom and keep that for stock. You have made a backup of this in Safe Strap I hope. This is an important restore file. Copy it over USB, Dropbox, or however you want to your PC and cloud account like Gdrive so as never to lose it. This way, you can always "put the phone back as it was if you want to sell or trade it in. If not, I will tell how to install Safe Strap, you can backup that original rom and save it because finding it online can be near impossible. Best to save the one that came with the phone.

The bad thing about using the original Verizon rom is that it is 25-40% of it is BS, bloatware that is annoying, costs money, and just sucks. You want a rom without bloatware. DO NOT do the Verizon update or you will lose root and to get the device rooted, a developer has to find and exploit to crack it open again.

TO STOP THE UPDATE AND MAKE IT NEVER SHOW UP AGAIN:

The actual update.zip file itself that you downloaded by accident is stored in the cache partition. You can go into recovery and wipe the cache and the OTA update file will be gone. Then go in Titanium Backup (It is free but worth the few dollars for the Pro version, we all have it, buy it!) to freeze the updater so you will not be reminded to update again in that rom, ever. I used to do that in the old days and I even asked my buddies in the droidxforums for help, even though a Galaxy Tab is not addressed at droidxforums.

In order to even have a recovery environment, you will need to download and install the latest version of Safe Strap for your model phone. Look in Settings, About Phone, and it will say "Model number" XT912 so download the right Safe Strap for Droid RAZR/RAZR-MAXX [XT912] and install it from your stock rom. Once installed, open it and then tap to install recovery. Once that is complete, every reboot will take you to a brief screen where you can tap "system" right side to boot normally, on left side is recovery, else it times out and boots to system anyway.

Bear in mind that once you clear cache with Safe Strap, your OTA update file will be gone and after you have Titanium Backup installed and freeze the updater, you will never get pestered for updates that will ruin root on your phone. This rom is filled with bloat like "VZ Navigator", same thing as Google Maps/Navigator but you have $3-4 added to your phone bill each time you use it (How ridiculous!), stupid stuff like this is bloat. Signing up for HotSpot costs $20/Mo, yet in cm11 you can turn on WiFi AP anytime you want and it costs nothing unless you have a limited data plan. Many people ditch the stock Verizon rom, (Save a backup copy of it first with Safe Strap and keep it in more than one location!)

Now that you have a rooted XT912 phone with stock rom and Safe Strap installed, you are ready to rock and rom! :laugh: Instructions for this are at page 1 of the Main Thread for CM11 on our phones. These install instructions are maintained and kept up to date. I got a PM from ktimque last night asking about any updates in the install procedure as they have changed over time. It is a LOT easier now then when that How To file was written. You put cm11 Nightly build zip file on SDCard, Ext if you wish and with it, the pa-gapps of your choice, mini-modular are most popular. CM11 roms can be downloaded at the Change Log page where they tell what went into each build by clicking the down arrow icon in the name of the update zip file. Press the power button to shut down phone, turn on and tap "Recovery" at bottom left of recovery menu page, go to install, wipe cache, and dalvik, on rom slot 1. Go to Install, find the cm11 zip file, Add another zip, find the pa-gapps zip file, swipe to flash them both. Wipe cache and dalvik again for safe measure (There is a handy button for just that purpose as soon as you complete your flash.), and boot into your new cm11 system. Complete the Install Wizard questions to finish up your phone.

That has to be everything you could possibly want to know. If you think this is helpful, be a good member and tap my Thanks button. Cheers! :good: