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System Recovery to requires you to have a WALL CHARGER being plugged into the computer will not work
www.bandbinnovations.com/xda/DX2/Bootstrap_signed.apk
This is a chinese update.zip I would not flash it unless you know chinese but it gives devs a good base and gives us a good start as we dont have to worry about signing the updates now
www.bandbinnovations.com/xda/DX2/update_signed.zip
Great news
Its still a lil too advanced for me to use yet, but the ball is rolling fast now. Has there been any word on the potential stable speed of the tegra when overclocked. My incredible was never stable beyond stock.
I did it it, and it was way easier than I thought it was going to be. Not going to bother with the chinese rom though. I haven't heard anyone say it was any better than stock, so why bother.
DJJasonK said:
Its still a lil too advanced for me to use yet, but the ball is rolling fast now. Has there been any word on the potential stable speed of the tegra when overclocked. My incredible was never stable beyond stock.
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Eh, not rolling tooo fast, its rolling the same its been for the past week, people are just over hyping everything TOO MUCH, and that rom is practically an update.zip but Chinese (from what i gathered i may be wrong)
Im thinking of trying the chinese rom this weekend to see if I can muddle though the settings and change it to english. I dont read or speak, much less write, chinese. If anybody can tell me that this can or cant be done, let me know before I spend to much time on it... Please....
TIA
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Im thinking of trying the chinese rom this weekend to see if I can muddle though the settings and change it to english. I dont read or speak, much less write, chinese. If anybody can tell me that this can or cant be done, let me know before I spend to much time on it... Please....
TIA
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I got curious and decided to start looking at the files in the zip (one-by-one). So far, each file that I have opened is in English. Since the SBF does work, I'm wondering what would it hurt to at least give it a try and if it all comes up in Mandarin, then I can simply clean everything off and go back to how things were before. I'm not a dev, and I don't pretend like I could be one or know what I'm doing. I know how to flash, sbf and most importantly - ask for help when there's something I don't understand. I haven't seen anything (in the files I've viewed so far) that would lead me to believe that this is anything other than a normal ROM that the Chinese just happen to have.
If anyone else has any thoughts on this matter, please share. My curiosity may just be in overdrive and i've been hungering so long for a ROM that this might just be desperation and a case of huberus of the worst magnitude. I welcome all learned comments/suggestions on the matter.
Thanks in advance family.
If you erase data prior to flashing the rom, when you reboot, it will be at the initial android activation screen. It will be in chinese, but you can simply click the icon in the bottom right hand corner and change to english. Only problems I've ran into so far using this method is that the paid is that paid market doesn't seem to work. But with the new market available, you may just be able to install it over top and bring back full functionality.
Once I return home im going to make an all night attempt st conjuring something up based on this rom, I'll post it if I accomplish anything.
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If you erase data prior to flashing the rom, when you reboot, it will be at the initial android activation screen. It will be in chinese, but you can simply click the icon in the bottom right hand corner and change to english. Only problems I've ran into so far using this method is that the paid is that paid market doesn't seem to work. But with the new market available, you may just be able to install it over top and bring back full functionality.
Once I return home im going to make an all night attempt st conjuring something up based on this rom, I'll post it if I accomplish anything.
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Now that is some MAJOR information that I needed to know. Thank you so very much. I will most definitely be trying this tonight when I get home from work. I feel like a kid with a new toy....is that bad? Oh well, can't help myself. Have to tinker. It will be interesting to see what happens during the next step of the test - seeing if it has the same problems as the stock version (rebooting when it wants to, powering itself off while in the charging dock, etc.) We won't even discuss Quadrant speeds or overclocking yet. I think that's the stuff I will leave to you experts. I'm a major novice who is a pseudo adrenaline junkie when it comes to my phone. I'm like Tim Allen wanting it to have "more power, grunt grunt'.
I'll stop being silly now and rather I will thank you again for the heads-up...it is greatly appreciated.
This is exactly the info I was looking for. I am not a dev either. I just know enough to get myself in trouble and then get out of it, most of the time..... I do believe we can just replace the market and if that is so that will be awesome. the next thing we are going to have to figure out is if and how we remove the chinese bloat.
About the issues affecting the stock ROM we have at the moment, from my understanding, the chinese one is basically the same. So the same issues may still exist...
I will attempt this tonight after work and a backup so that I can wipe and sbf to start from scratch...
Its great to see interest and attempts at advancing our current state of affairs, even if the progress is minimal. Progress is PROGRESS people!!!!
TIA
So I just flashed the Chinese ROM.... I did what c21johnson said and switched it to English using the bottom right hand button... After that its pretty much the same as usual, log in, configure VZW and Google access and then you get to the default moto blur crap that came with the phone... Some bloat has been removed, but again as has been stated previously some has been added... Two apps that are in Chinese that cant be uninstalled... Aside from that its all the same... I am restoring back to the backup I did before flashing the Chinese ROM as it is absolutely nothing special.....
Has anyone tried to overclock the chinese room? I heard its the same as original rom, but since its a custom kernal, it might be able to be overclocked.
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Has anyone tried to overclock the chinese room? I heard its the same as original rom, but since its a custom kernal, it might be able to be overclocked.
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Does it really have a custom kernel?
If it does then we should be mining Chinese forums to figure out how because someone would have had to sign it with our locked bootloader. I bet its stock.
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Does it really have a custom kernel?
If it does then we should be mining Chinese forums to figure out how because someone would have had to sign it with our locked bootloader. I bet its stock.
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No custom kernel and cannot be overclocked. Still searching into a method to overclock this beast.
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This works great!
I've even recovered from a brick using the SBF and a nandroid recovery from the System Recovery on this. So when are we going to start seeing some ROMs?
Has anyone been successful in using this on a Motorola Milestone X2? I created this thread and skwoodwiva was extremely helpful in trying to help me out but it seems I still can't figure out what I might be doing wrong:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20295079#
Umm, someone needs to explain more about this. It doesn't seem to be anything that isn't already out for us, just it's in Chinese. I see no reason to use this or even have it posted here at all unless you can unlock the bootloader...has anyone tried that yet? I won't hold my breath on this btw.
I fail to see how this is different...our current recovery requires being plugged into a wall, why use this instead?
An oldie but goodie thread This is where our bootstrap came from...
That makes much more sense...I didn't look at the thread date, thanks mastafunk
New way to use this apk
Many thanks to Tenfar for the apk. This is the same but it is not installed form your file manager it is flashed with recovery mode already enabled.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426062
It writes to /preinstall , /system/bin and /data (just as the recovery mode-ON apk does) BUT NOT to /data/data (as the apk relies on). Also charge mode is not available as it needs to be recovery enabled in order to save "you" on a bad rom flash or data data wipe.
Why use it? You may ask:
With this you can now safely do a data wipe and still reboot into cwr by just flashing this as the last step before "reboot system now" it will save you from SBFing if anything keeps you from booting.
System Recovery to requires you to have a WALL CHARGER being plugged into the computer will not work
www.bandbinnovations.com/xda/DX2/Bootstrap_signed.apk<--- This Link Is BROKEN Please Fix...
Ok guys. So I was excited like a school girl waiting for a Justin Bieber concert when the sbf for the latest 2.3.4 OTA was released. I rushed to my wife's windows laptop and started up RSD lite, loaded up the sbf, and plugged my phone while it was on thee RSD Protocol mode. A bit of background info first, I had been running the 2.3.3 stock since I got the phone over a month ago. I had painstakingly removed all the bloat and was very happy with the way my phone was running. I had a DINC before and I was appreciating the bigger higher res screen. Anyways, so I though when you install sbf on your phone, it takes it back to factory stock with the root gone (obviously) and with all the bloatware and crapware back on the phone. So anyways, I use the 2.3.4 sbf and install it on my phone. The phone reboots normally and I am quite happy. But when I unlock the phone, it is exactly as I left it before. With the zeam launcher and all the apps I had. The only thing that was missing was the superuser app. So I knew something had changed but what? So I check the phone specs and what do you know, it has android 2.3.4 on it. I also notice less lag and improved scrolling, also the task manage icon has changed. But I knew the root was gone, so I use Pete's one click method to get the root back. But I am still confused on why did the phone not go back to complete stock despite the fact that I sbfd it to stock. Does anyone have a clue?
You put 2.3.4 on your Droid X2? And its actually working?
EDIT: Would kinda make sense....why else would there be a soak test??? Will be waiting to see if anyone else has any knowledge of this. If it holds true, then you made one heck of a find I think...
Yup. 2.3.4 working and more stable. I should mention that I did not wipe before doing the sbf because i thought sbf would wipe everything.
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You put 2.3.4 on your Droid X2? And its actually working?
EDIT: Would kinda make sense....why else would there be a soak test??? Will be waiting to see if anyone else has any knowledge of this. If it holds true, then you made one heck of a find I think...
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It is in the dev section.. heres a link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284679
i have attached the screenshot if you need further proof.
You went from stock 2.3.3 to stock 2.3.4 and things look the same but lost root? That's typical...the same happens if you get an ota. It's not like you rolled back a version forcing you to clear data/cache. All you did was updated your already stock to an updated stock. If you want the stock experience then wrote data/cache. Trust me, nothing freaky about this.
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Yea, I think you have to wipe first. I don't think it clears \data\ which is the partition that contains the apps.
I'm pretty sure it wipes and overwrites several of the other partitions such as \system\
Yeah. That makes more sense. Because earlier when i tried to run a script on 2.3.3 and messed everything up so i tried to sbf and everything was gone. But it makes sense.
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Yeah. That makes more sense. Because earlier when i tried to run a script on 2.3.3 and messed everything up so i tried to sbf and everything was gone. But it makes sense.
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When 2.3.3 was released I sbf'd and installed, having all my stuff stay. Been using it since then, no problems.
Its not an "OTA" he got the leaked SBF in the Dev section. REASON WHY IT CAME BACK TO HOW IT WAS!! when you add your google account, there is a small check box saying backup your apps/data. This is a quick way for you to sorta "nandroid" your phone when you factory reset. As of gingerbread 2.3.3 you could backup that data in the google servers... If you like 99% who don't stop and read lol just saying .. you wont see the box and it automatically has it checked. Just to let you know your not going crazy or anything. btw the leak is amazingly better than 2.3.3 with the blur. Looks the same just about, BUT the performance is over 9000 times better.
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Its not an "OTA" he got the leaked SBF in the Dev section. REASON WHY IT CAME BACK TO HOW IT WAS!! when you add your google account, there is a small check box saying backup your apps/data. This is a quick way for you to sorta "nandroid" your phone when you factory reset. As of gingerbread 2.3.3 you could backup that data in the google servers... If you like 99% who don't stop and read lol just saying .. you wont see the box and it automatically has it checked. Just to let you know your not going crazy or anything. btw the leak is amazingly better than 2.3.3 with the blur. Looks the same just about, BUT the performance is over 9000 times better.
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An ota and a leak are typically the same thing in my experience. It's just different ways of how you get the update.
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Like all of the SBF's we have for this phone, they are system only. Meaning they only carry the system apps inside of it. They will not affect your data/apps. They will have overwritten the apps that are in the system folder only. Yes you have lost root, but you can get it back. It's only a matter of what is contained on the SBF.
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Like all of the SBF's we have for this phone, they are system only. Meaning they only carry the system apps inside of it. They will not affect your data/apps. They will have overwritten the apps that are in the system folder only. Yes you have lost root, but you can get it back. It's only a matter of what is contained on the SBF.
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Incorrect. You get your data/apps back from your google account upon adding your google account UNLESS!!!! you untick the box in the beginning. This sbf touches more than system.
Reply.. I believe he said after he booted everything was back as was. I think we are smart enough to know if we are redownloading the apps dude.
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As states above... will we ever achieve this?? We have root/recovery etc.. but no sbf? Why??? And when will this happen? I know there are very talented developers out here, can't tell me that no one has found a way yet. I want to root but w/o an sbf file I refuse to root my baby. Also I want to get rid of the dumb bloat ware Verizon seems to think we have to have and never use. Just my way of sticking it to them too.
Anybody???
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It's not the developers, it's gotta be leaked.
2 things that could help..
1) task manager... It will automatically close progz. once the display is off for 2 minutes and it does work.. I let my display turn off while in.task manager for 2 minutes... Turned display back on refreshed... And the progz I set up for auto kill were not running...
2) all you have to do is just root... Perfectly safe... No threat of bricking... And you can run titanium back up and freeze what Ebert you want... Nothing to worry about... And when ics starts getting pushed out unfreeze and you are good to go...
P.s. If you are on cdma (Verizon) safe strap is out.. Lots of info out there... Very easy to do..
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2 things that could help..
1) task manager... It will automatically close progz. once the display is off for 2 minutes and it does work.. I let my display turn off while in.task manager for 2 minutes... Turned display back on refreshed... And the progz I set up for auto kill were not running...
2) all you have to do is just root... Perfectly safe... No threat of bricking... And you can run titanium back up and freeze what Ebert you want... Nothing to worry about... And when ics starts getting pushed out unfreeze and you are good to go...
P.s. If you are on cdma (Verizon) safe strap is out.. Lots of info out there... Very easy to do..
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I am using the task mngr that came stock, I just want to be sure its not going to cause issues if I start freezing Verizon's crap ware. Don't care about flashing Rome right now. O/C not needed here as well (don't care its plenty fast enough) I just don't want bricking the Razr.
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Not trying to be a bad influence but the chances of bricking your phone just from obtaining root are pretty slim.
You can then use Titanium to freeze all the bloat. That way if you run into any problems or force close issues you can always just unfreeze. I definitely would advise against deleting anything that isn't removable when you're running stock.
There's a thread in the development section that has a few user lists of safe apps to freeze.
In short....no. You will not see an SBF for the Razr....why....because they moved away from SBF's and now do FXZ's. Will we see an FXZ....yes I believe so.
I'd like to see one for Rogers, gonna have to start networking and find that guy who might not mind having to look for a new job lol.
I always root and freeze bloat on my phones. i did the same on my razr following the list here on this forum. something i froze caused a bootloop. I was able to get into stock recovery and had to do a factory reset to get things working again. I now have a nandroid backup made w the custom recovery apk, but an sbf would still be a nice option.
I've rooted the Razr (very easy and painless to do btw) titanium backup bootstrap/cwm and backed up stock and apps. Froze some of the crap ware that were OK to do. Happy for now no issues at all. Next up ICS ota which I'm in no hurry for(get the bugs out first) Loving this phone!
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I've rooted the Razr (very easy and painless to do btw) titanium backup bootstrap/cwm and backed up stock and apps. Froze some of the crap ware that were OK to do. Happy for now no issues at all. Next up ICS ota which I'm in no hurry for(get the bugs out first) Loving this phone!
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Well stated!
I rooted my droid x2 when i first got it, then i realized im too much of a hax noob to mess with this stuff... or atleast I feel that way... I don't know what roms are worth a ****, and i feel like everything would just be better if i could go back to the start and just get auto updates from verizon. Is there a way to unroot the phone so i can just get autoupdates? Is there an easy way to just get an up to date version of the software onto my phone? I know I am supposed to search and all, but ive searched and I can't find anything that completely answers my questions. Any help would be greatly appreciated, if someone can help me just get the updated stock software version onto my phone i would be forever indebted to you.
Cyanogenmod 7. Dzk.
whoa look at that....
So if i download Cyanogenmod 7 is it going to be all bugged out and mess up all the time and run slow and just be all around ****? Or will I just be able to roll with it?
Okay, so check it out, Since you seem to be kind of stressing out The best thing for you to do is to Use this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313103 And go back to a 2.3.5 kernel, Then install the ROM eclipse 2.1 think that's a great ROM to get started on and get comfortable. Just take the time to read all instructions Carefully before you do anything. No matter what happens you can typically bring your phone back to life. Cool?
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I rooted my droid x2 when i first got it, then i realized im too much of a hax noob to mess with this stuff... or atleast I feel that way... I don't know what roms are worth a ****, and i feel like everything would just be better if i could go back to the start and just get auto updates from verizon. Is there a way to unroot the phone so i can just get autoupdates? Is there an easy way to just get an up to date version of the software onto my phone? I know I am supposed to search and all, but ive searched and I can't find anything that completely answers my questions. Any help would be greatly appreciated, if someone can help me just get the updated stock software version onto my phone i would be forever indebted to you.
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To address your questions...
ROMS: Right now, the best custom ROMs to flash are Eclipse and CM7. Both are excellent. In my experience, I have found Eclipse to be a bit more stable. CM7 does have some bugs, but not everyone has experienced them. Eclipse will give you HDMI access, whereas CM7 will not. CM7 has "theme chooser" which allows you to theme your phone with great ease, whereas Eclipse themes need to be flashed. Personally, I don't think you can go wrong with either. They are both solid, fantastic ROMs to run.
Unroot/SBF'ing: Moon Shadow made a phenomenal step-by-step post of how to get back to factory settings. It provides all the directions, and even includes the files you need to download in order to complete the factory reset. Follow that post and you'll be back to factory in no time, if that's what you decide you want. You'll find that thread HERE.
Hope this helps!
alright, thanks this is exactly what i needed, I am flashing back to 2.3.4 and im thinking about trying out the cyanogen7 mod. but now that im flashed back to 2.3.4 (or will be soon) will it be like i never rooted the phone in the first place and i will just be able to get auto updates from verizon or what? I mean Im not a complete noob at doing stuff on a computer, are the mods actually worth the trouble and risk or is it more just an option to take up if you are going to be constantly messing with your phone?
Yes they are worth the trouble. And yes it will be back to factory if you flash back to 2.3.4. If you use a custom ROM for a week then go back to the stock ROM You will want to beat your head against the wall because it's such crap in comparison.
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Alright, if thats the case, than In dragonKiller I trust
Try cm7 1st as it will only flash to 234 leak. Be sure to nandroid BU your stock after you're rooted and bootstraped. This is the BU you will restore to after you try cm and then want to Upgrade to 235 for eclipse.
Get me? No need to sbf between cm7 and eclipse if you save your stock blur BU.
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....back to the stock ROM You will want to beat your head against the wall because it's such crap in comparison.
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Hahaha +1. That's a great way to say it.
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don't stress brotha
flash any ROM you would like
especially if you aren't worried about wiping data and downloading all
your apps again and such
as long as you stick to what's inn this forum you can always just sbf to get back to stock
(also, just being rooted alone wont stop you from being able to take an OTA update pushed by Verizon, you will only have issues if you removed bloat apps or did tweaks or something)
and don't be afraid to private message me, my inbox is always open to help with any questions (just ask a few users I got on their way recently with roms and tweaks and such)
above all, relax read, have fun happy flashing!
(if you couldn't tell, I recommend eclipse, stable, runs like a champ, has hdmi, if you use hdmi trust me on eclipse )
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also just wanna add
I've never seen a true hard bricked Droid x2
(milestone x2 may be a different story, but we never heard from those users again)
so as long as you have Droidx2 sbf is the most amazing thing ever, it's great bringing your phone back from the dead
(nandroid is also your best friend, always nandroid backup before doing mods or tweaks, cuz if it's something you don't like, you can restore the backup you made prior to doing such mod/tweaks and BOOM, you are right back to where you were! NANDROID- LEARN IT, LOVE IT LIVE IT
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also just wanna add
I've never seen a true hard bricked Droid x2
(milestone x2 may be a different story, but we never heard from those users again)
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Sorry but that is hilarious to me...
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sorry ahead of time for the rambling and wall of text.
i have a few questions i suppose. im currently running the latest 4.1.2 release on my razr. stock. i went through 2 phones recently because the update was wreacking havoc on them. before the update i loved my razr. only issue i had was battery life, but i cant lie, was my fault for playing battery hogging games ALOT. lol. so, i got my latest replacement phone. i have the same apps as before, minus a few ive ditched. the phone is feeling laggy/sluggish now. it may partly be from tsf shell, which i love but would ditch if need be to get my phone back, even though it never caused lag before the update.
From reading around the razr isnt getting another update antime soon, if at all. its pretty much on its last leg, as theyre moving away from it im sure. ive tried numerous things to get it running a bit smoother and its helped to an extent, but there is still some lag.
my question is, whats the best way to go from here to getting it running better. ive been rooted before and tried different custom roms, so im not against it, if thats the way to go. if it is, what custom rom is best? if there isnt a 'best' which would you recommend i try? i guess a 4.2.2 rom will probly be suggested. what are the major differences in the 2?
thanks for any opinions and advice.
If it is running slow, you could always use an app like is monitor to see if an app has gone rogue and is using up lots of ram or CPU. I doubt its tsf, as I used that for a very long time on mine without issues.
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Here ya go!
Hey there!
First off, for the lagging problem, I'm positive that your phone probably needs to be cleaned up. The stock JB that you currently have is supposed to be the most stable one there is.
For cleaning up, just get SD Maid, and clean up using all the options available.
WAIT! Can I get one thing straight? You did do a factory reset before upgrading to JB 4.1.1 from ICS, right?
A LOT of problems sprout from this simple fact actually. A factory reset is mandatory when upgrading from one kernel and ROM to another, be it stock or not.
In Custom ROMs, we tend to always encourage full wipes before flashing one ROM over another unless we are only doing a minor, from let's say, Liquidsmooth v2.4 to v2.7. Then, only the cache and dalvik has to be wiped.
Yep. Hope this helped. If the answer to my above question is no (you didn't full wipe), the nI would just recommend you to use TiB, backup all your apps and data, then factory reset and then restore using TiB. That should help.
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the phone im talking about came from the manufacturer by verizon with 4.1.2 on it, so im not sure if it was upgraded that way.
if i have to factory reset, whats the vest way of saving game data so i dont have to start all over?
im currently not rooted. will root if its needed.
thanks for the previous info.
Hmmm. A sticky situation, TBH.
Maybe you can try rooting and then this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm
But I haven't quite got experience working with RAZRs which came with 4.1.1 installed..
So try out the app after rooting, and if that doesnt help, factory reset. Backup your apps and their data using Titanium Backup which is available for rooted phones.
If even after that things are laggy, then i suggest getting Liquidsmooth or MoKee Rom. They are pretty fast and lagless.