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[Motorola Droid 4] doener:
I recently updated to the current cm 12.1 Nightly, Installed also cm 13.0 and cm 11.0

While cm 12.1 and cm 13 feel snappier. CM 11 runs best on my Droid its overall not so fast, but at least stays always usable.

While having the apps I use running as, Hangout, Whatsapp, Signal, Flym, Keep, Now and Here Maps.

In cm 12.1 I had often trouble to answer phone calls, just because Android got stuck and didn't react. Apps are frequently closing with (ANR errors, sometimes even while the app was working fine (flym), forcing me to close it).

With the last cm 11 stable version I have allot less trouble at all. Actually I can use my phone again. I would love to see the snappiness of cm 12.1 and cm13 combined with the stability of cm 11.

Phones with 1 GB memory are still sold, there must be a solution to prevent the droid 4 from getting stuck on low memory conditions without any additionale apps.
[Motorola Droid 4] Shobai:
I'm still on the CM13 151207, and just want to confirm this issue - volume is very low on voice calls. Speakerphone doesn't seem to work either, although that might just be the super low volume.

Another sound related issue is that audio playback happens via the phone's speaker when a cable is being used. The phone gets the plug/unplug event properly, as Music pauses playing when you plug unplug, but the audio only goes to the speaker.

[MENTION=3457922]stargo[/MENTION], what changed in the 151208 ROM? I might try flashing that over the weekend, if a newer one doesn't appear. Thanks again for your effort!
[Motorola Droid 4] OGdroidster:
I no longer have this on rom slot but did have the same problem. I am not doing any other testing of this at the moment. I have finals thru tuesday.
[Motorola Droid 4] Shobai:
I've flashed the 1210 ROM straight over the 1207, and haven't noticed any difference with either the "low in call volume" or "audio via speaker despite cable" issues. Otherwise, day to day performance seems to about on par with CM12
[Motorola Droid 4] moodroid:
Headphones now working on cm-13.0-20151214-UNOFFICIAL-maserati.zip :)
[Motorola Droid 4] Shobai:
sweet! Thanks for the heads up, [MENTION=4126321]moodroid[/MENTION]
[Motorola Droid 4] Cyber-Logic:
Hey guys, not sure if this is an actual issue: But pressing the SYM key on the keyboard doesn't have any options for characters such as < and > anymore? I'm on CM 12.1, using the 20151126 Nightly.

I'm pretty sure I was able to insert those characters by pressing the SYM key on CM 11. Is there a fix for this in the other nightlies? Or is it this normal?
[Motorola Droid 4] Shobai:
Yep, that's a feature, unfortunately. I believe that there's a replacement keyboard floating around somewhere, but I don't think I had any luck getting it to work - although, to be fair, I didn't spend much time on it.
[Motorola Droid 4] Jishkah:
This is kind of off-topic, since I don't think that it's something that's Droid 4-specific, but is there any reason for the noticeable downgrade in CyanogenMod apps between earlier CyanogenMod releases and CyanogenMod 12/12.1? The Camera app is pretty robust in CyanogenMod 11, but leaves a lot to be desired in 12/12.1; same with the Calculator app, which used to have all sorts of functions in earlier releases. Everything else is more or less an upgrade, but it almost feels like the Camera and Calculator apps were crippled in 12/12.1.

I'm not complaining; replacement apps are out there. But I've always been curious about that.
[Motorola Droid 4] KusioST:
Hello

I updated the system to the latest nightly and still I have the same problem: NO SIM CARD message.

Did anybody meet with this problem and can advise me what to do? I installed CM on a new partition formed on the default settings. The phone turns on, and everything else works. Amazingly even SMSes come. But I can not send anything - zero network coverage. I can't chose network (field in menu is unavailable). I am in PLAY mobile an at bottom of the main screen i see now: "NO SIM CARD - PALY".

I try GSM, WCDMA and mix settings in network. I can't mix it or even select LTE (probably another bandwidth than is in USA). When I change to Global then error disappear but this is only change. SMS still don't works.

Regards

Kusio
[Motorola Droid 4] stargo:
Hi,

starting tomorrow, the official nightlies will be CM13. When you upgrade, you have to flash the new Gapps (if you use them) at the same time you flash the new rom. If you have already rebooted in between, you have to delete the file /data/system/users/0/runtime-permissions.xml and reboot again, or else the gapps will continously crash.

Cheers,

Michael
[Motorola Droid 4] Cyber-Logic:
Awesome!

Any bugs / is anything broken in the CM13 builds?
[Motorola Droid 4] stargo:
Hi,

Not that I know of. There are a few Bluetooth/BLE-problems in CM base, but they currently affect every device.

EDIT: Oh, and before I forget it: You no longer need the GSM patch on CM13 (Verizon still works, too) :)

Cheers,

Michael
[Motorola Droid 4] Cyber-Logic:
That's great! A huge thanks to you and everyone else working to keep Maserati kicking. :)
[Motorola Droid 4] Milp:
Where can i still find the latest cm12.1 nightlies? There is no no way i can upgrade with my current userdata still intact and all apps still running (I've had this dataset for years and through many motorola droids), yet i would still like to have the latest version of cm12.1 at least.

Edit: Before i forget it, of course vielen vielen Dank Stargo and huge thanks to everyone else that keep this one-in-a-million smartphone up to date. If it wasn't for the droid series, i wouldn't even know which smartphone to get, there is just nothing comparable out there.
[Motorola Droid 4] stargo:
Hi,

I've archived the last builds here: http://droid.cs.fau.de/cm-12.1/official/

It might work. It seems upgrade doesn't fail for everyone (couldn't get it to fail in my tests...).

Just try it in a new slot with a backup of your normal slot.

:)

Cheers,

Michael
[Motorola Droid 4] Cyber-Logic:
Guys, does anyone know what the "Fix permissions" option actually does in Safestrap? I read that it was to be used when apps were crashing / force-closing, so I used it because I was facing the same issue, but after that I haven't been able to boot into CM 12.1 at all. It never goes past the boot animation. Any way to revert the "permissions"? I don't know what happened. I have a lot of important stuff and crucial app-data in this installation of CM12.1 so I really want to repair it., instead of just erasing and re-flashing a new one.
[Motorola Droid 4] aiamuzz:
Hello,

I installed cm12.1 from the cyanogenmod nightly and the gapps from OP, updated to the latest nightly build(from the 14th)

i set up my account and chose to restore the apps and data backups from 2 days ago.

except my favorite launcher from the playstore no other app is getting installed, they are showing under 'my apps' in playstore as queued up for installation for sometime, but not installing, now i am encountering the 'google play services have stopped'

error pop-up.

i remember reading somewhere here about deleting some file to fix this issue unless this is a different issue.

help appreciated.

thanks,
[Motorola Droid 4] aiamuzz:
Hey, so CM has dropped support for cm12.1 ?

Is it no longer building this versions or its a temporary hiccup being sorted out ?

I can't see any firmware files on their official download page, after cm11 its only cm13 downloads ... seems they have just skipped(deleted) the cm12.1 files !!!
[Motorola Droid 4] Cyber-Logic:
Guys, has anyone tested encryption? Does encryption work on CM 12.1?
[Motorola Droid 4] aiamuzz:
guys ... i am running build 20151003 ... can i have a build newer than this and one that has no/least bugs !!!

currently this build has a bug and does not let me switch ON/OFF my data connection.
[Motorola Droid 4] d.casper.b:
MoKee is still releasing LP builds it seems. I'm running the MK51.1-20160215-release build. MoKee has been very smooth since last year already.

MoKee for Droid 4

Sent from my Motorola RAZR Maxx (XT910)
[Motorola Droid 4] Jishkah:
Afraid not, bud. :/ At least, that's what I remember reading from further back in this thread. I think it has something to do with the fact that the virtual partitions exist within the phone's accessible internal storage, with said configuration kind of acting screwy when you throw encryption into the mix. You can try, I guess, but make sure that you perform a full backup before you do so.
[Motorola Droid 4] Cyber-Logic:
Um, but I have CM 12.1 installed on my Stock ROM slot. Could it work?
[Motorola Droid 4] sweetsuicides:
Sorry if I ask,

but google didn't find any content regarding this: the front camera isn't working. Is there a way of making this work?

Thanks
[Motorola Droid 4] aczlan:
What version do you have installed? I have the cm-13.0-20161015-NIGHTLY-maserati installed and both cameras work for me.

Aaron Z
[Motorola Droid 4] sweetsuicides:
Thank you very much, I am using the latest cm12.1 . In any case I tried to boot into the stock ROM and the built-in camera app refuses to switch to front camera, therefore I believe it's a hardware thing. Thank you very much for your help.

Sorry for the useless question
[Motorola Droid 4] rabinhood:
I had Photon Q, and problems with front camera were first signs of damaged ribbon tape connecting screen module to mainboard. The next was physical keyboard, and half a day later touchscreen.
[Motorola Droid 4] aczlan:
Sorry to hear that, best of luck.

Aaron Z
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
Some new builds if anyone wants 'em.

12/17 ROM No GApps - MD5

12/17 ROM With Gapps - MD5

Just updates from the CM side which most notably include:

Stock calendar app is "materialized"

Gallery app is "materialized" - to an extent

Various other bugfixes

Embedded SuperSU from Chainfire updated to 2.40

Edit: Found a small problem with the on-screen Keyboard popping up, even when hardware QWERTY is open. New build is uploaded that reverts the change CM made that broke this. Links are updated with fixed build. Also, I noticed that Chainfire published an update to SuperSU so this new version is embedded as well.
[Motorola Droid 4] sharptv:
[MENTION=1070688]joojoobee666[/MENTION] thank you so much for the new build. By embedded do you mean that super user is now built into the settings menu? Did you manage to fix the issue with the capacitive keys not turning off immediately when the screen is off? I will definitely try out your new build over the weekend, hopefully you will push even more updates by then. Thank you so much for your efforts!
[Motorola Droid 4] azkay:
Does mass storage not exist anymore in lollipop? Can't find it anywhere and the threads I do find about it say google removed it ):
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
Google, in their divine wisdom, decided MTP was better. LONG gone is Mass Storage mode. Welcome Media Transfer Protocol!! (which stinks for MANY reasons, in my opinion). The Samsung USB switcher app used to work in Kitkat to re-enable on the D4 but no longer works on Lollipop.
[Motorola Droid 4] azkay:
Booo. MTP is so bad. It's bad on cameras, it's bad on phones. I've yet to see it good on anything.

Guess I'll have to do all my file transfers in recovery ):
[Motorola Droid 4] thelolotov:
MTP isn't used on cameras, PTP is.

I'm a little irritated that Google took away the choice, but in my experience, transferring anything is a pain in the ass over USB, it constantly disconnects randomly during file transfer, I'll do it OTA for small stuff, and if I need to move big files, I'll be pulling the SD and putting it into a reader. MTP works as well as mass storage mode ever did for me, but, it's still really irritating. I'd imagine CM will probably reenable it at some point, if people complain loudly enough. Hell, we got Google to fix SD cards a bit.
[Motorola Droid 4] MekaByte:
This has been working pretty well until today, but I can't get mobile data to work in the most recent build. Any ideas?
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
Yeah, the data still needs work. If you are on Verizon and this happens, go to Settings -> More... -> Cellular Networks -> Access Pint Names and choose any other option BUT the "Verizon Internet", then choose click on the "Verizon Internet" again. This should restore data connectivity.

I'm playing around with some more APNs here to see if I can get things working better. The default ones from CM just flatout don't work right so the ones that are in there are already hacked up a bit by me.
[Motorola Droid 4] MekaByte:
Thanks. I tried a bunch of stuff that didn't seem to work, but then it started working spontaneously after a few reboots.
[Motorola Droid 4] azkay:
Oops, my bad (still, PTP was terrible on cameras, haha). I've never had problems with mass storage unless my cable or usb port was dodgy.

MTP is just so much slower on anything I've used and slows down the drive it's accessing a lot more than mass storage ever did (for me, anyway).

I could go on about it, but I can't remember all the cons as I haven't had to use it in so long lol
[Motorola Droid 4] maisdoiscorregos:
The calculator is buggy in the sum of numbers with decimals
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
Another update if anyone wants to play.

12/18 ROM No GApps - MD5

12/18 ROM With GApps - MD5

Here's what's changed:

All VZW Related APN's were replaced with ones from stock APN list from newer Moto device (VZW users will see a much larger list now)

APN related device settings for VZW added (may have no effect)

Weather info now displays under the clock on the status bar when pulled down (Can be disabled under Status Bar settings menu)

If you use the ROM with GApps included, it will automatically reboot your device after flash completes so the long ART compilation process can complete faster.

Other various CM related fixes including some Calculator related items (maybe they fix your issues, maisdoiscorregos?)

UPDATE: **DO NOT INSTALL TO STOCK SLOT UNLESS YOU WANT TO SBF AGAIN**

Data seems fine for me as of now (been running for about 10 hrs), so it's no change for me at this point.
[Motorola Droid 4] sharptv:
[MENTION=1070688]joojoobee666[/MENTION] thanks for the new builds, they keep getting better!
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
No problem. FYI, I updated my post on the last builds. May be some issues if flashed to stock slot. :eek:
[Motorola Droid 4] thelolotov:
I'm kinda hoping someone else tries it, so I know what happened... Back to stock!

EDIT: I'm the unlucky guy this happened to, haha. Might have been my fault, or something I did, but be careful, folks.
[Motorola Droid 4] juanitodj:
it needs unlocked bootloader?

it needs unlocked bootloader?

I recently bought a motorola Droid 4, i tried to install this rom but i got black screen so i had to back to stock.
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
No, doesnt need an unlocked bootloader (we don't have one), but you should be running the version of safestrap stargo has linked on the first post here. However, as noted in my update on the 12/18 rom, you may have this issue IF you install this on top of the stock rom in the stock slot. If that is where you installed it, that may verify that something in the 12/18 MAY have broken this. I don't test these in the stock slot. However, 12/16 is verified working on the stock slot if you choose to go that route.

I'll say it again, just leave the stock slot alone. NEVER install anything there, if just one thing goes wrong, you will be SBFing the phone again. If you did install to stock slot, let us know. This will confirm the possible problem with 12/18.
[Motorola Droid 4] :
No, you don't need an unlocked bootloader :)

You need SafeStrap 3.75--see the OP
[Motorola Droid 4] juanitodj:
thanks it i´ve installed in rom slot 1 and it works.
[Motorola Droid 4] thelolotov:
Were you installing on the stock slot before?
[Motorola Droid 4] russellvone:
D4 noob here....

If I flash to ROM slot 3 is my stock slot still stock? Everything in that slot still there? All I have to do to run stock ROM again is boot stock slot? Much like MultiROM?
[Motorola Droid 4] sd_shadow:
Stock slot is stock, Unless you install a Rom, on stock slot.
[Motorola Droid 4] russellvone:
10-4
[Motorola Droid 4] Puppymang:
so im interested in trying out 5.0 but i have a few questions before i proceed

does LTE on vzw work reliably?

does it come rooted? there are some apps i use that do not allow root so i use cydia + rootcloakplus to bypass this but to my knowledge this method doesnt work on 5.0. regular rootcloak did not work for me so thats probably not an option in 5.0 either

does tethering work? hotspot or usb

i intend to install on stock and it looks like thats a hit or miss right now but if my checklist above is all clear then ill give it a shot
[Motorola Droid 4] azkay:
Anyone having a problem with contacts getting deleted?

Every day or so all my contacts will randomly delete themselves then I have to import them again each time.
[Motorola Droid 4] thelolotov:
I would highly recommend avoiding the stock slot. As of a few days ago, I stopped using it due to a major issue, and now there's not really anybody testing it. The issue was bad enough that I had to flash back to stock and redo everything.

LTE works reliably now, IME, except with hangouts calls, for some reason.

JJB's builds are pre-rooted.

USB tethering does work, from what I remember, wifi is untested, but should be working.
[Motorola Droid 4] juanitodj:
yes, i were installing in the Stock Slot before, thanks
[Motorola Droid 4] thelolotov:
Awesome, thanks for the confirmation. So now we know, this ROM can potentially ruin everything if you install it on Stock, also, I didn't break anything! Use slots, folks!
[Motorola Droid 4] azkay:
Yep, I originally put it on stock slot which broke everything.

Just got the phone, figuring everything out and once I got to the TWRP step I assumed it was the same as any other phone I've had and just flashed the rom straight away on the default settings lol.

Gave me another 3 hours of fun trying to fix it lol
[Motorola Droid 4] MekaByte:
I posted this in the Safestrap thread, but maybe it's more suited for this one since I'm using the new Safestrap with this ROM. I'd like to create a data partition larger than 4GB since ART takes up so much more space. I tried manually formatting the "internal SD card" partition as ext4 and ExFAT. Safestrap can read the partition correctly. However, when I try to create a slot, Safestrap crashes. Does anybody know how to get that to work, or is there a bug in Safestrap?
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
Last I knew, this does not work. Currently, Stargo is now maintaining safestrap. Here's what he had to say about it earlier when asked about ext4 support previously: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56623854&postcount=1440
[Motorola Droid 4] MekaByte:
Interesting. I get a lot farther than those posts -- no problem booting into stock (though the internal SD card does read broken as expected) or Safestrap. It's just the slot creation that fails. The behavior is a bit strange. It only fails when trying to create partitions larger than a few hundred MB. I was wondering if it might work if I created IMG files manually on the PC and copied them over, but I haven't tried that yet.
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
Some new builds to play with. **NOT TESTED ON STOCK SLOT AND MAY STILL NOT WORK CORRECTLY ON IT (A.K.A soft-brick)**

12/23 ROM No GApps - MD5

12/23 ROM With GApps - MD5

Just a few small updates:

Quite a few CM Bug fixes

Additional VZW settings tweaks that may help with initial data connection after flash, seems to have helped for me. But who knows, mileage will most likely vary.

As always, this includes the SDCard swap, Chainfire's latest SuperSU (currently 2.40) and the "KitKat SD fix" to make the SD Card writeable again. No new features or anything special from the CM team here. If anyone wants to test on stock slot again, let me know. I have not tested on stock slot as I only have one device and not enough time should an SBF be required.
[Motorola Droid 4] azkay:
Can I just flash your updates straight up, or will it be like factory reseting each time?
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
It won't be like factory reset, as long as you are installing over CM12. However, since Stargo is back posting new builds I'm going to stop posting mine so there is no confusion. If you use those just keep in mind that the SDCards are not swapped so you will have to move some stuff around.
[Motorola Droid 4] azkay:
Cool cool. Thanks :)
[Motorola Droid 4] doener:
Can you make the "sd card swap" as an optional patch for Stargo Rom's (flashable zip or something like that)?

Thanks for the Roms
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
Well, it's in the kernel. I could easily make a zip with a fixed and matching kernel, but it will not be universal (meaning if stargo makes kernel changes you will need a new zip). However, I've got an idea in mind on how to make it universal so let me play with that and see where I can get.
[Motorola Droid 4] ferviverus:
[MENTION=1070688]joojoobee666[/MENTION]; do you modify a kernel or just patch Lollipop-CM?

Fervi
[Motorola Droid 4] hearkenoath:
I don't minded the lack of reboot recovery, the Safestrap app does that for me. But it's slows after I set it up my accounts (fb, Twitter, Gmail) I used Seeder and Greenify withouth luck and the only luck was with the kernel hosted in this forum. But now doesn't recognize the internal storage nor the GSM/UMTS. Looks like a kernel with support would be awesome.

Also I just worked arund the APN issues just putting it in airplane mode.

The process was flash the rom>reboot>reboot recovery>flash the patch>set it up the APN> I don't minded that don't access to the mobile networks section after that
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
I build from source and modify the fstab files. These are not related to the framework at all as this happens on a much lower level. See below for a non-kernel related fix.

Ok, this seems to be working well. It's a zip that is flashable after installing the rom (must be done after every install of stargo's roms). Further research indicated this change is actually coming from the RAMDisk on startup. This doesn't see a lot of changes so swapping it moving forward should cause any chaos. It just may need an update from time to time. I created the installer script to place it in /etc/kexec and overwrite the ramdisk.img there and tested on a clean slot with stargo's 12/23 rom.

Download: Droid 4 SD Swap

Let me know if it doesn't work. If it does, enjoy :D
[Motorola Droid 4] doener:
I just installed it with the patch on a clean slot with stargo's 12/23 rom (without googleapps). But I cant download anything using the default Browser (SD card unavailable), also I cant make any pictures. (Insert an SD card before using the camera)

Storage Menu shows:

Internal storage: 2.4GB (the data partition of twrp)

Internal sotrage: 59.00GB (64 GB SD-Card)

SD card 8.00GB (Droid4 memory)
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
Bummer, I see the same thing. Looks like a permissions issue. I'll see if I can fix and update it if successful.
[Motorola Droid 4] joojoobee666:
Ok, I've put up a new SDSwap zip to try (use the link in my initial post for the download). I've also updated it with relevant info. I was unable to resolve the permissions problems with the init.d script method so it has to be the other way. Fortunately, it's the ramdisk.img that needs the change, NOT the kernel. However, I'm looking to see if there is way it can be modified after flash to make it more universal again.
[Motorola Droid 4] doener:
Now it is working as expected. Thanks for the patch.
[Motorola Droid 4] moodroid:
I've just installed joojoobee666's 12/23 ROM and it's great, but I just have a couple of (probably stupid) questions...

1) After applying Mentor's GSM patch, I am getting GSM signal, but it's very weak and it has an '!' on the indicator - any ideas?

2) As we're supposed to be using stargo's ROMs from now on, where do I find these?

Thanks
[Motorola Droid 4] elect86:
Hi,

can I install this rom on a safestrap 3.72? Or 3.75 is the minimum required?

I had the same problem on a Samsung Nexus, the problem was the APN. Give a look, if you don't have any, you need to add one, google "your provider APN"