I paid $500 for this beauty but just like the CLIQ Its taking forever and reaching the end of the quarter. And with my CLIQ it updated waaaaay after the announced timeframe. So what's the on Canadian xt910?
Hopefully soon. We've waited this long for it, another couple of days isn't going to kill us.
Er, it's not going to kill us, is it?
Motorola has announced specifically that ICS will roll out for the Canadian model in q2. Seeing rogers is the only carrier that sells the razr, I would assume there is some truth to that statement.
Just install the latam version it is easy and so much better than gingerbread
Thanks
I tweeted them a couple days ago and they basically told me they have no idea. I'm guessing it really depends on moto
One thing is for sure, if the update does not arrive I will install one of these leaks out there and eventually sell the phone.
Just flash the Brazil one. That's what I finally did, and I couldn't be happier. Only drawback is that you need to punch in the Rogers APN for 3G.
Simple process, RSD the 2.3.6 GB from LATAM, root with motofail and backup with voodoo rootkeeper then put the 4.0.4 LATAM OTA file in the root of your external SD Card, boot into MOTO recovery and flash. Then just load up Voodoo Rootkeeper and restore root.
Easy-peasy ICS greatness.
Brazilians claro's razr are geting the ota
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Wow on the USA Motorola page it talks about ics... in the Rogers site nothing even shows up in the search... f :-* k... taking forever
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I am strongly considering this phone as a sidegrade to my GS2. The lure of unthinkable battery life is making it very tempting. I just cant go back to GB. I know the ICS rollout is set for "end of Q2", but on Moto's support page it only makes reference to the USA. Since the GSM version is not a USA phone, what chances will I have of getting an official OTA anytime soon? I researched this, but it seams that there are not many of these devices currently being used in the US. Does anyone have any info to help with my decision or am I just best off waiting until its officially official?
Thank you.
Read the forums. Seems like the ICS upgrade is imminent for Latin America and coming for EU/Asia.
Is there actually a US spec GSM RAZR, or are you importing from overseas?
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Negri is selling an unlocked version that is compatible with ATT bands. Definitely an import.
Actually, there are GSM/UMTS radios in the Verizon Razr MAXX that have recently been enabled.
There's an article in PCWorld that I can't link too that I'm too much of a n00b to be able to post...
(pcworld dot com slash article/258233/verizon_gives_motorola_lte_razrs_their_gsm_wings.html)
I too would be interested if an unlocked Verizon Razr MAXX could be used on AT&T. garment69, have you had any luck? Did you make a decision?
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I too would be interested if an unlocked Verizon Razr MAXX could be used on AT&T. garment69, have you had any luck? Did you make a decision?
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It is probably locked to Vodafones SIMs.
Unlock? Attractive...
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It is probably locked to Vodafones SIMs.
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According to this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569055 the ICS update for the RAZR apparently unlocks the SIM slot.
Some further work may be required, as indicated by this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297714&page=3 (scroll down to read the last two posts)
So earlier this year Moto said Moto RAZR (GSM RAZR) are getting ICS Q2. And Droid RAZR (CDMA RAZR for US) is TBD.
Then Verizon is out.
EU got ignored.
LATAM got leaked.
what happened to Canadians???
Rogers/Fido, where's my ICS? :crying:
Anybody got any rumours before I get impatient and flash LATAM ICS on my Roger phone?
rant here :silly:
I got impatient. Totally worth it. Even if I have to wait even longer to flash back to a rogers release, the latest LATAM build is rock solid and amazing for my battery life
there are 2 new leak in the dev forum, one for figo and one for roger
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there are 2 new leak in the dev forum, one for figo and one for roger
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i am stupid.
i thought i checked it already but totally missed it.
Here's the Rogers one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735746
BOOYAH.
anybody wanna close this thread? lol
will try it now.
well, thread not close is fine since it's a LEAK, not official OTA. would be nice to have the real thing, Rogers.
I just wanted to say, I think our hard work with petitions and complaints along with the google buyout has finally turned the tables. We have possibly won the bootloader battle.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/motorola-to-allow-bootloader-unlocking-from-photon-q-4g-lte-on/
The photon Q will come out in august and be the first unlockable but the RAZR / MAXX will be unlockable soon after. This is amazing news I think, I have a feeling it has to do with the encription being nearly cracked and they decided to reduce the vulnreability and make it unlockable through them. And well admit it, we *****ed a lot about this.
Good news, but wait unlock before proclame victory
I doubt they'll allow older versions/handsets to unlock their bootloaders. Also you have to remember that Photon is releasing on Sprint so it is probably a deal they have made with the network thus allowing them to carry through with this. Regardless, I was hoping Motorola would live up to their targets of unlocking bootloaders and pushing the ICS updates out in their predicted timeframe. But looking at where we are now, I know well enough to take their announcements as a grain of sand and sadly this will be my first and last Motorola based Android device.
Beat me to it... I may not have my beloved RAZR anymore, but I wanted to share too...
http://androidcommunity.com/motorol...726/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
My tab's Flyer than yours (unless this is posted in a Flyer thread... Then it's just as Flyer...)
http://android-gz.com
http://www.slashgear.com/motorola-to-unlock-bootloaders-starting-with-the-photon-q-26240460/
Here's another.
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Didn't the Xoom tablet have an unlock option as stock? I think it's the very first thing I did when I got it? It did have a nice warranty warning from what I recall...
They've ready said they have no intention of unlocking past devices. We have still lost, Verizon will still never allow another unlocked device on their network. The GNex is the last.
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They've ready said they have no intention of unlocking past devices. We have still lost, Verizon will still never allow another unlocked device on their network. The GNex is the last.
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isn't the carrier unimportant if there's at least the retail version unlockable?
You would be correct, but Moto doesn't subsidize their products, most people won't spend $750-500 on a phone when they could get it for $200.
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You would be correct, but Moto doesn't subsidize their products, most people won't spend $750-500 on a phone when they could get it for $200.
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i don't understand :/
PS: not cause of english, but the topic your talking about oO please explain
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i don't understand :/
PS: not cause of english, but the topic your talking about oO please explain
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If you buy your phone from Moto without the discount that you get from carriers, you would be paying 500 USD extra just to get a version that's unlockable, which is crazy for most people. Why would you buy a phone for 700 USD that you could get for 200 USD?
They must be fool if they think that I will buy another moto phone just because of a "killer feature" like the unlocked bootloader... They screwed it with the Razr (and others) already and I will not support such company who thinks that everything must be as they said...-thats not what I am paying for. Thats the reason why I don't own an iphone and motorola's phones are next on this list...
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If you buy your phone from Moto without the discount that you get from carriers, you would be paying 500 USD extra just to get a version that's unlockable, which is crazy for most people. Why would you buy a phone for 700 USD that you could get for 200 USD?
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why should i buy a new phone if i've the ability to simply flash the retail version over it?
or is there something i didn't mention now?
It's only for the new phone :|
Man they should stop to mess up with their costumers
Anyway i'll not trust them until is real
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Didn't the Xoom tablet have an unlock option as stock? I think it's the very first thing I did when I got it? It did have a nice warranty warning from what I recall...
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Motorola Xoom is GED
Just wanted to react to the topic name - no we didn't won but we probably completly lost it all because if motorola will provide unlocked bootloader for the upcoming phones there will be no reason for them to unlock old phones as its reasonable that they would want to sell as many new phones as possible and this "new feature" will help them...
If anyone can read the RAZR WILL be unlocked shortly after the new phone is released. This is because the DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR maxx are very popular phones. And Verizon doesn't want anyone complaining about the unlocked bootloader. So just get your panties out of a bunch and wait patiently until after August.
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Think about it a lot of people are still on their 2 year contract so people are not gonna want to pay full retail just to get an unlocked bootloader when they just got a new phone. If Verizon was smart they would give it to relatively new phones so customers come upgrading time will want a new phone. And won't jump ship to a new carrier.
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People please Read the Whole article, moto confirmed they will be unlocking the RAZR/MAXX. They are going to start with a new unlockable device, then start unlocking some older devices. The razr is specificly listed others are unlisted but will be unlocked too. Remember that Google now owns motorola and is starting to call the shots, ICS is almost stock now on our razr except a few changes. (and good ones not crappy ones) Motorola is going back to its google roots the OG Droid came from.
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People please Read the Whole article, moto confirmed they will be unlocking the RAZR/MAXX. They are going to start with a new unlockable device, then start unlocking some older devices. The razr is specificly listed others are unlisted but will be unlocked too. Remember that Google now owns motorola and is starting to call the shots, ICS is almost stock now on our razr except a few changes. (and good ones not crappy ones) Motorola is going back to its google roots the OG Droid came from.
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err, where did you read that?
Okay... so... it seems like hell trying to figure this out... and I'm sure its probably a really dumb question BUT I have to cancel my order for the MAXX before Amazon ships it tomorrow if I can't figure this out. Trying to get info on the MAXX is worse than making my own damn HTC gold card.
The RAZR and MAXX have the same hardware from what I understand? But there are different ROMs depending on what phone you have? I ordered a Verizon MAXX through Amazon Wireless... I have a few questions.
First off, custom ROMs - how does that work?
Secondly, if Verizon pisses me off I understand these have GSM radios with at&t bands (I currently have Straight Talk running off of at&t's postpaid network) but it seems like different models don't support US bands?
I know about the OMAP bomb... Where basically if the bootloader is hacked, the phone basically self-destructs... at least that is what I heard - I haven't ever had to deal with it.
This is more confusing than the gold card mess so can someone please explain to me, within the next few hours, if I should cancel my order and compare the brick ratio to an HTC gold card process?
All I want is a phone that can run CM10 without losing anything but the camera - without having to worry about bricking it. I originally ordered the RAZR 4G... but I canceled the order because of people saying it was anything but durable and I wanted to grab an S3 but I won't pay 150 bucks when I can pay a penny...
Please tell me I didn't just make a huge mistake... My Captivate is on its last legs... the eMMC keeps crashing and I can't use wifi on it or it shuts off the phone when it goes to sleep... even on a stock ROM... I gave away my Inspire (which honestly only "inspired" me to want to smash it into the nearest wall anyway) ... so now I will be stuck with a refurb E-71 that won't power on unless I fidget with it - Unless I made a good choice getting the Maxx.
Any help is greatly appreciated - seriously... I understand the hardware is pretty much the same with the RAZR and RAZR MAXX? Besides the battery?
Sorry, I'm rambling, but for once, my head is spinning... And I already canceled one Moto order today because everyone said the RAZR 4G (that's what Amazon Wireless was calling it) was breaking randomly and the MAXX came highly recommended... I wanted a GS3 - but I don't have the money and besides I heard that the reception sucks on the GS3 and my roommate has one and I think its a plastic toy... Great camera, unlocked bootloader, etc., though...
Basically... if I'm going to leave my 50.71 a month Straight Talk plan and enter into a 2 year contract with Verizon paying 90 a month plus tax just for 1GB of data, I want to make sure I'm getting the right phone...
Razr and Razr Maxx are both Model XT912. The only difference is that the former has a 1780 MaH battery and the latter has a 3300 MaH battery. See this Wiki page.
Razr HD and Razr Maxx HD are both Model XT926. Like the XT912, the only differences between HD and Maxx HD is the battery.
Hi i font know about that omap bomb you mention.. I have had the razor maxx for about 5 months now and i can assure you will love it.. Well at least i do
I have it on ics stock with frequent CM10 booting so you can rest assured that you can relatively safely mess with it
There is a rom installer called Safestrap 3.05 that is probably the best thing ever
It bypass the bootloader by installing roms on a safesystem file that does not tamper with the stock system or bootloader. You can also load roms with custom kernels there
Hope you keepit ń
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As gierso says it is a great phone. I have had the Maxx since August.
Don't worry about the locked bootloader.
There is Safestrap as referenced above. It does not mess with the bootloader. For lack of a better term, it "hijacks" the boot process after the stock boot loader loads.
It will allow you to run multiple ROMS kind of like you can dual boot your computer into windows or linux if you wish.
I am running CM10 as a daily, but my factory ROM is still intact..
There are a few more problems on the Jelly Bean ROMs other than the camera. One is bluetooth. Mosst are minor. But with safestrap, if I need to take a video, I can reboot the phone into the stock ROM, take my video, and then boot back into CM10 and use the phone as normal.
You have not messed up. It is a great phone with the best battery life out there.
I'm looking a buying a Droid RAZR (or RAZR M or RAZR MAXX). I'm going to flash it because I want to use it with the Talk For Good MVNO for cheaper service. I plan on paying $10 and using the CyberFlashing software so I don't have to spend all day getting the thing working.
In reading about this phone, I noticed an update was sent out after the phone was released to make it a Verizon world phone. Was this update a firmware update or was it just an Android update that enabled the world bands?
Just with me flashing the phone myself, I want to make sure there are no weird conflicts or anything and I don't get the world phone bands enabled. I am going to South America for several months later this year and not being able to use the phone down there would be bad, very bad.
Don't worry!
Don't worry just update it to ICS or JB and it will work on any GSM carrier outside US.
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I'm looking a buying a Droid RAZR (or RAZR M or RAZR MAXX). I'm going to flash it because I want to use it with the Talk For Good MVNO for cheaper service. I plan on paying $10 and using the CyberFlashing software so I don't have to spend all day getting the thing working.
In reading about this phone, I noticed an update was sent out after the phone was released to make it a Verizon world phone. Was this update a firmware update or was it just an Android update that enabled the world bands?
Just with me flashing the phone myself, I want to make sure there are no weird conflicts or anything and I don't get the world phone bands enabled. I am going to South America for several months later this year and not being able to use the phone down there would be bad, very bad.
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Will you get 3G using CyberFlashing to the RAZR MAXX to Page Plus ?
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You are supposed to. But when I got the phone I wanted to flash in the mail, I tried Cyberflashing and abandoned it. Starting the software up and trying to get it to communicate with the phone didn't work right off. Then in troubleshooting, I noticed there were some things missing from the Cyberflashing instructions that seemed odd. Like other instructions I'd seen all said you needed a SIM card in the phone to flash it.
I successfully flashed my phone with instructions from snoop at Howard Forums. I would describe his instructions as "friendly for experienced hackers who are new to flashing phones". His instructions are here:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...ivation-TXT-MMS-3G-ROOT-TETHERING-on-PagePlus
Another guy posted instructions here:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...oid-Bionic-on-Pageplus-no-root-or-custom-roms!
The difference between the two instruction sets are that the 1st one, snoop's is written more for the newb, does OTA programming so you don't have to download your own PRL, and requires a new blank SIM card (probably need to purchase from Ebay before starting the flash).
The 2nd set of instructions doesn't look confusing to me, but is supposed to be not so much for newbs, you download and program your own PRL, and you can use a SIM that's been used before. This 2nd set of instructions is written by a guy named Capii and doesn't seem as active on Howard Forums, which I consider a negative to following his guide. E.g., what are you going to do if you need help?
After finishing snoop's instructions, I was left with more questions as to how the Cyberflashing software would ever work. Like the Cyberflashing instruction never told me to boot the phone into BP Tools mode or anything like that.