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Coming from Lg optimus 2x, wanna purchase a Razr maxx. It would be great if u guys can give some comments.
I can see razr don't has a official support from CM, is there any problem?
Is the drivers of Razr open sources? So developers can create a rom instantly once new version of android release.
Will there be a stable Jelly Bean Rom?
Any other comment.
THx

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817898
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818177
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arisgoku said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817898
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818177
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Is the bootloader of Razr being locked?

yes

romdroid. said:
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So, will it hinder the development and reduce the no. of custom rom?

csunny95 said:
So, will it hinder the development and reduce the no. of custom rom?
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There is custom roms but not kernels. Kholk will release the kexec then we can use kernels. Check it out in development section
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If you're more concerned with development/flashing/etc... the Razr probably isn't for you. If you want a solid piece of hardware that looks good, sounds good, and works good, then it may be up your ally. I wasted too much of my time constantly backing up, flashing, restoring, etc...when I was using my Dinc. Perhaps I'm just growing out of it and I have other priorities. I am rooted, and I am looking forward to an unlocked bootloader if it ever happens, but I'm quite happy with it.

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[PORT-REQUEST] Motorola RAZR ICS official blurred leak is out...

Hi dear devs,
kholk posted what seems to be an official leaked ROM for the Motorola RAZR (GSM Version).
I was wondering if can be useful for your work... I'm not capable of such a great work so... here is the download link for the ROM.
Many tanks to kholk and Motorola!
Obviously
DON'T FLASH IT IN YOUR MOTOROLA PHOTON/ELECTRIFY!
THIS IS FOR THE MOTOROLA RAZR (EU/ASIAN) ONLY.
I think what we need is an updated kernel for a tegra processor. I'm not sure that we can do much without that. But what do I know?
What we need is the source.
Source, tegra support, and ics kernel
I'm a MoPho-er
honetsly i wouldnt really bother with this. assuming you got the rom to boot youd still need a host of hardware changes with the kernel. and thats just to get it to work 100% on our phone like it does theirs (from what i understand its a rather buggy/busted release for them.
i hope everyone is looking at the big picture tho.. so long after ics source, and they are only this far in their flagship phone... settle on in folks its gunna be a while for ics blur for us
Thanks for your replies!
I think Shabby is right but I saw this rom as a hope because with Vanilla ICS or CM9 it's impossible to have ICS+Webtop ...
However, if somebody is going to try the impossible, I'll be glad to help or test
vikyj636 said:
Thanks for your replies!
I think Shabby is right but I saw this rom as a hope because with Vanilla ICS or CM9 it's impossible to have ICS+Webtop ...
However, if somebody is going to try the impossible, I'll be glad to help or test
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impossible is such a strong word.....
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I seen things heard things worse than this.... It's not impossible... Just someone with patience that's all
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dcowboys2184 said:
It's not impossible... Just someone with patience that's all
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*waiting for this guy* ... XD
ics rom...
i'm knew in this thread...friends...
i'hd try this rom before...but it cannot work...
for ur info..i used motorola razr xt910 system ver 65.1.12.XT910AsiaRetail.en.03..
you guys are depressing, true we have a from built on omap4 hardware, but the idea is solid, and just because they have it buggy, doesn't mean we will have buggy.
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craby1925 said:
you guys are depressing, true we have a from built on omap4 hardware, but the idea is solid, and just because they have it buggy, doesn't mean we will have buggy.
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The amount of hacking required would make this rom no longer this rom
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Jb rom for cdma droid razr?

With jb being released to aosp would it be possible to use the ics kernal and jb code to it up and running? Sorry I'm a newb.
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keeb119 said:
With jb being released to aosp would it be possible to use the ics kernal and jb code to it up and running? Sorry I'm a newb.
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Yes, the JB and ICS kernel are the same, we have to wait for the developers to get us a working build of JB.
thank you for replying with this information. and thanks to all the developers for building the roms.
I looking at my magic 8 ball and it says a JB ROM is most likely in the distant future.
I have never built a room, but i would think this would take a lot less time then ice cream sandwich, especially if its the same kernels and radios. Now undoubtedly if we get official jellybean it'd use newer kernels then we have now. And since we can use the same radios and kernels, i would think the locked bootloader wouldn't be an issue. Bit I'm a newb and could be wrong.
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keeb119 said:
I have never built a room, but i would think this would take a lot less time then ice cream sandwich, especially if its the same kernels and radios. Now undoubtedly if we get official jellybean it'd use newer kernels then we have now. And since we can use the same radios and kernels, i would think the locked bootloader wouldn't be an issue. Bit I'm a newb and could be wrong.
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You're right in one aspect I think, it won't take as long as ICS did, but still, the source is under 24 hours old, I would give them at least a few days, if not a week or two to get a good ROM built...
_patrickc_ said:
You're right in one aspect I think, it won't take as long as ICS did, but still, the source is under 24 hours old, I would give them at least a few days, if not a week or two to get a good ROM built...
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I didn't expect it to be right away, i do know these things take time. This was merely a plausibility question then a why isn't it done question.
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keeb119 said:
I didn't expect it to be right away, i do know these things take time. This was merely a plausibility question then a why isn't it done question.
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Ah ok. Well, yes. I don't think it'll take as long as it did with ICS, but then again, you never know.. There could be some major hiccup along the way and delay it, or it could be done by tomorrow.. I'm hoping for the second one in that But we'll see
Personally, I think that we won't see Jelly Bean from Motorola, if we get it, will be thanks to the dev community...
i read somewhere on a XDA port for galaxy nexus i think. That JB is almost the same as ICS but it need a modification in ramdisk to work, unless what it wont boot.
So without an unlocked bootloader and/or KEXEC we're done
I am trying to get my head around porting ROMs...but my severe lack of knowledge has been a roadblock so far. If someone can and want to join hands in this venture, they are more than welcome...PM me with the details and we will take it forward...
Always remember, great things have small beginnings.
Cheers!

om?

anything new rom wise, on the horizon that anyone knows about?
Just an FYI, this isnt a question for the development section.
Now to answer your question, we really only have one developer working on ROMs for us and thats dragonzkiller. I'm sure we will get an update to our CM9. And apparently he is working on JellyBean but thats not guaranteeing us to be getting it.
jsgraphicart said:
Just an FYI, this isnt a question for the development section.
Now to answer your question, we really only have one developer working on ROMs for us and thats dragonzkiller. I'm sure we will get an update to our CM9. And apparently he is working on JellyBean but thats not guaranteeing us to be getting it.
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+1
Would also love too see a port of the Droid Razr's new ICS rom. The updated motoblur. Looks cool
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DroidMaster18 said:
+1
Would also love too see a port of the Droid Razr's new ICS rom. The updated motoblur. Looks cool
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The only way we would get that though is if we got someone to do it. dragonzkiller can't do EVERYTHING. lol. I dont see very much else coming out for this phone. All the developers who have ever had it has moved on to something else already.
jsgraphicart said:
The only way we would get that though is if we got someone to do it. dragonzkiller can't do EVERYTHING. lol. I dont see very much else coming out for this phone. All the developers who have ever had it has moved on to something else already.
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Is the guy who built eclipse no longer on x2?
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wareju said:
Is the guy who built eclipse no longer on x2?
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Oh, Nitro? I believe he has moved on from using the phone but still updates the DX2 ROM if he can. I could be wrong. I think he is MORE involved with other phones though.
Questions should be asked in the Q&A forums, not Development forums.
Thread moved.
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Oh, Nitro? I believe he has moved on from using the phone but still updates the DX2 ROM if he can. I could be wrong. I think he is MORE involved with other phones though.
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I believe you nailed that on the head, but I will go a little further and say he's probally NOT looking to do anything for the X2 aside from the Eclipse. That's not saying he won't ever put out anything more for it but I believe if he does it will be Eclipse update. (Not holding my breath).
Time for us to buy a Samsung SIII?

AOSP ROM for Droid Razr GSM ?

Are there any AOSP ROMs out there for the Droid Razr GSM ?
I might be blind, or stupid (take you pick) but so far I have not found any ROM out there that did not have the terrible Motorola Apps bundled into it.
A while back I tried to get into the whole ROM Development thing, but it all just goes over my head as I have no development experience at all.
The thing is that the dialer of the Droid Razr is not stock, and as far as I can see the SMS Messaging app is also doctored (the smilies suck majorly I have to say).
jadephyre said:
Are there any AOSP ROMs out there for the Droid Razr GSM ?
I might be blind, or stupid (take you pick) but so far I have not found any ROM out there that did not have the terrible Motorola Apps bundled into it.
A while back I tried to get into the whole ROM Development thing, but it all just goes over my head as I have no development experience at all.
The thing is that the dialer of the Droid Razr is not stock, and as far as I can see the SMS Messaging app is also doctored (the smilies suck majorly I have to say).
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Im with ya buddy on this..if u see my sig, it will tell u IM waiting for it to happen too...though there are CDMA ROMs that are nearly stock, BUT for GSM...nope!
Not yet, but droidhive received the gsm razr so is a matter of time before we can have aokp cm9 and aosp working for us
BakaPhoenix said:
Not yet, but droidhive received the gsm razr so is a matter of time before we can have aokp cm9 and aosp working for us
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There is an expression in India, I will translate it in English "May your mouth be filled with your fav sweets..."
I just hope this becomes a reality....
circleofomega said:
There is an expression in India, I will translate it in English "May your mouth be filled with your fav sweets..."
I just hope this becomes a reality....
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These rom are already working on cdma ics, so they need only to make work the gsm part of the rom. Is not something so distant from being real XD
BakaPhoenix said:
These rom are already working on cdma ics, so they need only to make work the gsm part of the rom. Is not something so distant from being real XD
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Is it? From whatever little I have seen, except for Droidth3ory's Infektion, nothing else is stock AOSP...
But I know we are gonna be surprised sooner than we think...
Sent from my Moto RAZR.
What bugs me most about all the ROMs out there are the customizations applied to them.
I'm not going to rail against the devs, it's their personal choice what they do with their builds, they are just not my cup of tea.
Hopefully someone will release a barebones, purely stock ROM without any of their personal improvements (and neither of Motorola's either).
jadephyre said:
What bugs me most about all the ROMs out there are the customizations applied to them.
I'm not going to rail against the devs, it's their personal choice what they do with their builds, they are just not my cup of tea.
Hopefully someone will release a barebones, purely stock ROM without any of their personal improvements (and neither of Motorola's either).
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Make that two. I am no one to speak against the devs hard work and efforts put in. In fact I admire all of the people who spend time and energy here. But I too prefer a pure stock barebones OS...our best bet is to wait...
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circleofomega said:
our best bet is to wait...
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That is an option. My plan is to trade in for new phone.
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MarkyG82 said:
That is an option. My plan is to trade in for new phone.
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If only I could have a GNexus in India...but then again, I hate Samsung...
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Why do you hate Samsung? If its build quality, they are better than you think.
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MarkyG82 said:
Why do you hate Samsung? If its build quality, they are better than you think.
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I don't know...its perception perhaps. Just don't like their designs. And didn't the GNexus have the signal dropping issue?
HW wise Motorola is better. Not saying its the best...but better.
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My bro is on a gnex and never had an issue. Even now with the jb update. Personally I don't like the onscreen buttons so I wouldn't have one. I had a galaxy 1 for a while and was happy with the hardware. The software was so easily hackable that the poor offerings from Samsung were ignored completely until I sold it.
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Edit. I'd suggest trying one for a few days if you can. Even hacking it if the owner will let you.
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I don't know...its perception perhaps. Just don't like their designs. And didn't the GNexus have the signal dropping issue?
HW wise Motorola is better. Not saying its the best...but better.
Sent from my Moto RAZR.
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I so agree with you. I own both Gnex and Razr like you do I think. Motorola is just better in so many way.. Reception, speaker, phone quality in general. If only the bootloader was unlocked... thats the major issue for me.
Is a dream, a gsm aosp rom *-*
gmouraf said:
Is a dream, a gsm aosp rom *-*
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gmouraf said:
Is a dream, a gsm aosp rom *-*
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Yeah, and from what i've seen it'll stay a dream.
Every other rom out there that i've seen has had a bunch of stuff added that hardly anyone will ever use, or has been made rather hideous in respect to themes and color palettes.
There is a reason behind the way Android looks as standard, and I personally do not think that there is any need for improvement, at least on Android 4.0.4, so it would be really nice if the devs could leave the visual experience unchanged
They relesead the alpha for cm9 on gsm razr, i know that is not completelly aosp but is very similar to it.
(i'm not posting the link since is an alpha and inexperienced people might try to install it and brick or having problem with it)
CyanogenMod has been a battery hog ever since CM6 for me, that's why I ditched it for OxygenROM. Also, i'm sorry to say that CM also has accumulated too much bloatware after it became popular. The choice to include ADW was likewise spectacularly stupid.
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CyanogenMod has been a battery hog ever since CM6 for me, that's why I ditched it for OxygenROM. Also, i'm sorry to say that CM also has accumulated too much bloatware after it became popular. The choice to include ADW was likewise spectacularly stupid.
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The cm9 doesn't have adw, it have a custumized launcher based on the original one that let you change number of screen e some other little tweaks. Still you can froze tha app you don't like and have a almost clean aosp (plus the power widget onthe status bar that i found very usefull)

Is custom ROM better than stock ?

Hi guys,
I have just receive an XT910 with android 4.1.2 and i love it but i was questionning myself if i need to change ROM or not?
Can you advise me if CM10 is better than stock ROM (battery life/performence ?) Or maybe MIUI V5
Thx for your advise
Oh yes, much better. If you like cm10 and miui, you should try avatar ROM. It combines the two.
I use PAC-man rom. This combines several of the standout features from CyanogenMod, AOKP, and Paranoid Android into one rom.
Hello, sorry for intruding but i have a nexus s i9020 and someone with moto 910 wants a exchange with mine, but the nexus s runs really fast with custom 4.3, does the moto rzr xt910 (the name is to long ) handel 4.3 or 4.2 roms good (battery life smoothnes, stuf like that)? I know thT xda is a developer site but I realy need help from people who use the phone, thank you!
dark'em said:
Hello, sorry for intruding but i have a nexus s i9020 and someone with moto 910 wants a exchange with mine, but the nexus s runs really fast with custom 4.3, does the moto rzr xt910 (the name is to long ) handel 4.3 or 4.2 roms good (battery life smoothnes, stuf like that)? I know thT xda is a developer site but I realy need help from people who use the phone, thank you!
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Yes... exchange between them man...
And the XT910 Can be Upgradable to 4.3 Thanks to CM10.2...
Check This
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http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3620&idPhone2=4273
I prefer stock rooted...
Stock rom is great for droid razr... Juz root it and its best... I have used 4-5 custom roms but stock rom is best for me....
dark'em said:
Hello, sorry for intruding but i have a nexus s i9020 and someone with moto 910 wants a exchange with mine, but the nexus s runs really fast with custom 4.3, does the moto rzr xt910 (the name is to long ) handel 4.3 or 4.2 roms good (battery life smoothnes, stuf like that)? I know thT xda is a developer site but I realy need help from people who use the phone, thank you!
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Razr XT910 does support both 4.2 & 4.3 Custom ROMs but there are a few things to consider.
On 4.2, HDMI and HD Video recording doesn't work. The devs are working on those.
4.3 builds are in development right now and also have some issues.
It depends on you what exactly do you want in a ROM.
Uncanfeeling said:
Yes... exchange between them man...
And the XT910 Can be Upgradable to 4.3 Thanks to CM10.2...
Check This
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http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3620&idPhone2=4273
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Thank you!
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neo.ank said:
Razr XT910 does support both 4.2 & 4.3 Custom ROMs but there are a few things to consider.
On 4.2, HDMI and HD Video recording doesn't work. The devs are working on those.
4.3 builds are in development right now and also have some issues.
It depends on you what exactly do you want in a ROM.
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Thank you!
I have tried all 4.2 roms on my xt912 but all to no avail. The major challenge I keep on having is that no rom allows me use mobile internet connections. I'm from Nigeria, and wifi isn't ubiquitous. Another challenge I have is that, my phone is XT912. But since all XT912 roms are done with CDMA in mind, I can't install SYPDER roms on my phone, so I have keep on trying XT910 (umts_sypder) ROMS. I don't know whether this could be the cause of my challenges.
fuzzydesigner said:
I have tried all 4.2 roms on my xt912 but all to no avail. The major challenge I keep on having is that no rom allows me use mobile internet connections. I'm from Nigeria, and wifi isn't ubiquitous. Another challenge I have is that, my phone is XT912. But since all XT912 roms are done with CDMA in mind, I can't install SYPDER roms on my phone, so I have keep on trying XT910 (umts_sypder) ROMS. I don't know whether this could be the cause of my challenges.
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If you have a spyder(XT912), you should flash spyder ROMs and not umts_spyder.
If you use xt912 on gsm,just flash the gsm fix after the custom ROM.
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smart actions
I have a rooted standard ROM and I am also curious as to the benefits of changing to another custom ROM. I would like to know if the custom ROMs for the Razr still use Smart Actions app which I quite like. I have also upgraded the battery to the Maxx EB40 battery, so curious as to whether there are more power benefits. I can see that there would be certain apps that can be added but I like all the standard camera, video, bluetooth type issues to be stable and working, is that asking too much?
roscored1000 said:
I have a rooted standard ROM and I am also curious as to the benefits of changing to another custom ROM. I would like to know if the custom ROMs for the Razr still use Smart Actions app which I quite like. I have also upgraded the battery to the Maxx EB40 battery, so curious as to whether there are more power benefits. I can see that there would be certain apps that can be added but I like all the standard camera, video, bluetooth type issues to be stable and working, is that asking too much?
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SmartActions only works on 4.1.2 stock based ROMs as it requires blur framework. You can try any stock based custom ROM.
For other ROMs, you can use Tasker.It has similar functions as SmartActions
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neo.ank said:
SmartActions only works on 4.1.2 stock based ROMs as it requires blur framework. You can try any stock based custom ROM.
For other ROMs, you can use Tasker.It has similar functions as SmartActions
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So just to confirm, are ROMs that are 4.2.2 for example still ok? And are the ROMs like Avatar or others ok too? thanks for the response
ethunhunt2008 said:
Stock rom is great for droid razr... Juz root it and its best... I have used 4-5 custom roms but stock rom is best for me....
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I agree, I've rooted and de-bloated, installed my launcher of choice and can't be any happier but I did try many custom roms and there's always a trade off somewhere. having the og Droid Razr I need my battery life and wifi and carrier signal's to be strong. Just couldn't find a custom rom to do that for me. But I did live on the edge there for a bit and learned alot from other flashaholics here!
Avatar is good, but one thing I'm missing...
rev.buttons said:
Oh yes, much better. If you like cm10 and miui, you should try avatar ROM. It combines the two.
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But the problem with Avatar-ROM is, that i cannot connect it to my computer via usb-cable. It does not react in any way when it's connected. So no filetransfer possible.
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In my opinion artur0588's ROM's are very good. For example this one: Artmod V4.3.
roscored1000 said:
So just to confirm, are ROMs that are 4.2.2 for example still ok? And are the ROMs like Avatar or others ok too? thanks for the response
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That depends on how you define ok.!
On 4.2, almost all everyday usage stuff works fine. But some things like HDMI, HD recording doesn't work.
So if those features are crucial to you, you should stick with 4.1.
My advice, try it for yourself. See if it has what you need.
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neo.ank said:
My advice, try it for yourself. See if it has what you need.
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I have an Atrix and Defy both rooted and with custom Rom, very happy with the results, the rare freeze or reboot is annoying but I can live with it. so I have tried the custom route and will probably go with one, there are so many to choose from though all with slight differences. The performance upgrades for the Razr arent important as it doesnt need it [ I dont play games on it] so getting the basics working in a stable way is more important. thanks

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