[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Welcome to the club. When I first saw the subject line I thought it would be from some newbie who thought they did something unique -- installing a long-available custom Quark ROM on a Quark. ;)

Instead, I see it's more an appreciative review.

FYI to anyone else reading this: Quarks series are Moto XT1254/XT1250/XT1225. They all have the same hardware and only differ in radio bands, internal memory (32GB or 64GB) and exterior finish options (kevlar only or ballistic nylon with kevlar underneath). They are ALL the same phones. The XT1254 Verizon Droid Turbo was not "exclusive" in any way, no matter Verizon's PR lies which the tech media ignorantly repeats.

The U.S. Moto Maxx XT1250 sold by at least a dozen regional U.S. carriers is IDENTICAL to the XT1254 Droid Turbo in every respect, including radio bands and the FCC ID. It's the EXACT same device under a different model name -- and sold in the United States. And has easily unlockable bootloader via Motorola website!

The XT1225 was sold in Latin America and India under the model names "Moto Maxx" and "Moto Turbo", and have different radio bands -- no CDMA, but additional HSPA and LTE bands (except not LTE band 13).

The devs who deserve the most thanks of course are [MENTION=2228410]Skrilax_CZ[/MENTION], our official CM dev and [MENTION=5747496]baybutcher27[/MENTION].

CM dev [MENTION=2228410]Skrilax_CZ[/MENTION] gave us our first CM ROM in March 2015 (CM12) -- BEFORE Motorola gave Lollipop to any Quarks --, went on to CM12.1 and now CM13 (again, BEFORE Motorola gave Marshmallow to any Quarks). Most importantly he coded the Quark kernel code. ALL our custom ROMs that have been available now or even those discontinued (CM, Resurrection Remix, AOSP Mokee, AOSP Nexus Experience, Sony Xperia, maybe a couple of others I've left out) have used his CM kernel. Without him, we would have no custom ROMs whatsoever.

[MENTION=5747496]baybutcher27[/MENTION] gave our Quarks official TWRP. Before that we had an unofficial TWRP which worked for most purposes... But [MENTION=5747496]baybutcher27[/MENTION] did the work to get us to the next step. He's even now provided modded versions which also backup the modem and other parts.

[MENTION=5747496]baybutcher27[/MENTION] then brought us AOSP Mokee ROM and CM-based Resurrection Remix, first in Lollipop and now Marshmallow.

[MENTION=5747496]baybutcher27[/MENTION] then took [MENTION=2228410]Skrilax_CZ[/MENTION] kernel code and released his BHB27 kernel, with more tweaks and options. Even though he has his own kernel, he uses [MENTION=2228410]Skrilax_CZ[/MENTION] CM kernel as the default installation in both Mokee and Resurrection Remix ROMs. Yes, Mokee ROM is AOSP and Resurrection Remix is CM-based, but both still use CM kernel as that's the only one available.

If you want to use BHB27 kernel, it's compatible with Mokee, CM or Resurrection Remix -- but that's a more advanced step, with it's own settings/options, so best to let people install that if they really want it.

So, those two devs are the ones to really thank. I know you mentioned certain apps and other stuff like Nova launcher (which I also use), but without [MENTION=2228410]Skrilax_CZ[/MENTION] who gave us OFFICIAL CM and our first kernel, then [MENTION=5747496]baybutcher27[/MENTION] who gave us TWRP, two other ROMs and a more advanced kernel, we would have no custom ROMs for our Quarks.

The Droid Turbo XT1254 bootloader was locked down until November 2015, while the Moto Maxx/Moto Turbo XT1225 was unlocked from the beginning (November 2014). So, not all Quark owners could participate in all these goodies until just over 6 months ago. So, yeah Droid Turbo owners had some catching up to do. ;) When the Droid Turbo bootloader was finally unlocked, [MENTION=2228410]Skrilax_CZ[/MENTION] then adapted his Quark CM kernel to also work with the XT1254 and XT1250 (which are the same device).

We were all one forum, all the Quarks (XT1254/XT1250/XT1225) until September 2015. Then we were split into two forums -- the dead dev forum XT1254 and the active dev forum XT1225 -- because the Droid Turbo bootloader was still locked down at that time. The XT1250 was caught in the middle -- it's the XT1254 with same FCC ID, so it's the EXACT same device with an unlocked bootloader, but it was labelled U.S. Moto Maxx. :rolleyes: Many Verizon subscribers bought it as the "dev" version of the Droid Turbo and ran it on Verizon with a Verizon LTE sim card -- just like a non-Verizon Moto Nexus 6.

Ironically, the Droid Turbo bootloader was then unlocked just two months later, after the forum split... But, as result of the split, you will find most of the Quark dev work over in the XT1225 forum.

http://xdaforums.com/moto-maxx

ALL the ROMs, kernels, mods, etc there work with ALL Quarks, including the XT1254.

The Quark CM dev graciously replicated his threads back over here after the Droid Turbo bootloader was unlocked, but the other Quark devs just post their work over there.