I flashed the leaked JB file and was wondering how it was running for everyone else generally speaking of course! Its running great on my phone currently I did have a few issues at first seemed like apps were disappearing done a FDR and all is working great! No root but for right now doesn't seem to need much tweaking. Just a random thought from my head I know with most of the leaks that came for ICS if you were on them you were off upgrade path since this did come through ota once they finally release even if they are still working on JB for the OG RAZR + MAXX will we still be on path? Or will we be fastbooting to newer versions once they appear? Probably should have posted this in the question section but this is just general randomness from my brain!!!
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we will have to update through stock recovery. If this is not the final release, you would have to be on .211 ICS to receive the ota. So far its running great on my phone as well, no issues. And I was able to keep root thanks to Matt's guide. Debloated all the stuff from moto and Verizon. I'm on my second day right now and I'm at 68% battery.
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prsterero said:
we will have to update through stock recovery. If this is not the final release, you would have to be on .211 ICS to receive the ota. So far its running great on my phone as well, no issues. And I was able to keep root thanks to Matt's guide. Debloated all the stuff from moto and Verizon. I'm on my second day right now and I'm at 68% battery.
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I don't think we will need to be on 211. Motorola will have to support their ota.
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Flawless! I RSD'd to stock ICS, re-rooted, protected root with voodoo ota, (did not temp unroot), upgraded in stock recovery to JB, then formatted internal storage(not sd card) and factory reset and restored root with voodoo ota. The performance and smoothness has changed my mind about going with the S3 and dumping this phone. Its a keeper now.
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Flawless! I RSD'd to stock ICS, re-rooted, protected root with voodoo ota, (did not temp unroot), upgraded in stock recovery to JB, then formatted internal storage(not sd card) and factory reset and restored root with voodoo ota. The performance and smoothness has changed my mind about going with the S3 and dumping this phone. Its a keeper now.
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Links?
I wanna do that too... o/
guys i tried the RAZR M launcher and circle widget on the JB and its fine for the most part but the home screen is a bit laggy.
unfortunately i lost my original JB homescreen.apk file. Can someone please post a link to me... thanks in advance
JB Goodness
So far, so good!
I'm used to having JB on my Nexus 7, I am really glad I have it on my Razr.
I'm hoping VZW will push out 4.2.1 so I can use Lock Screen Widgets. :fingers-crossed:
guharajdeep said:
guys i tried the RAZR M launcher and circle widget on the JB and its fine for the most part but the home screen is a bit laggy.
unfortunately i lost my original JB homescreen.apk file. Can someone please post a link to me... thanks in advance
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Here you go http://db.tt/y7d6oUFk
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Runs great. Now that battery has been cycled twice the life is getting great.
Had my music player stop a few times. That is the only glitch so far.
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After wiping data, my phone has been running perfect. The only downside was losing Foxfi WiFi tether. Battery life hasn't been impressive, but it's probably due to playing with the phone excessively.
thanks for the file, but looks like my homescreen is messed up. i no longer can go to home screen with the home button... is there a way to restore to the clean JB install? any other thoughts
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After wiping data, my phone has been running perfect. The only downside was losing Foxfi WiFi tether. Battery life hasn't been impressive, but it's probably due to playing with the phone excessively.
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Wifi Tether works fine for me. Requires root obviously.
My only complaint is how much the kernel pulls from the battery, other than that is great!
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The jelly bean update is amazingly smooth. however lost the root while updating, guys any way how do I root again?
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Wifi Tether works fine for me. Requires root obviously.
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FoxFi tether, not wifi tether. Root not needed for FoxFi
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Wifi Tether works fine for me. Requires root obviously.
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Foxfi is not the same. No root required but doesn't work with JB yet.
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Different route, excellent results!
Followed a slightly different route. Great results. For starters, running 4.0.4/rooted. Downloaded Droid Utility 1.82 onto Win8 computer. Used Go Backup to backup all apps/user settings.
1. Downloaded JB file computer, copied to sd-ext directly (no USB)
2. Used Matt's Droid Utility 1.82 to restore system (#1)(boot into recovery to show qe 0/1 when finished to verify)
3. Booted phone, connected via USB, ran Matt's DU rooting (#2)
4. Ran Matt's Voodoo OTA Root keeper (#3)
5. Rebooted, verified qe 1/1
6. Started Recovery, ran install of JB file. This takes a while, approx 20 minutes
7. First thing you'll notice is initial boot screen logo is different (Moto logo without dual-core).
8. Booted up, waited a few minutes.
9. Downloaded Go Backup Pro from Play store. Restored all of my system.
10. Enjoying JB in 40 minutes, start to finish.
Maybe it's just me, but graphics seem sharper. Has anyone else noticed this. May the font is just smaller.
NealJ777 said:
So far, so good!
I'm used to having JB on my Nexus 7, I am really glad I have it on my Razr.
I'm hoping VZW will push out 4.2.1 so I can use Lock Screen Widgets. :fingers-crossed:
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Maybe it's just me, but graphics seem sharper. Has anyone else noticed this. May the font is just smaller.
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I think the font change is one thing. But also, Project Butter has also helped improve the performance under-the-hood on Android. My current every-day phone is my OG RAZR MAXX which is still on ICS (don't want to upgrade to JB yet). But, I did put JB on my old OG RAZR and definitely, there is an improvement in performance. True, the OG RAZR isn't hooked up to the Verizon network (no SIM card), but even under ICS and not hooked up to Verizon, I noticed it was still a little sluggish.
The OG RAZR is not rooted and it's full stock BLUR and I've NEVER seen the Homescreen launcher that comes as the default launcher respond so SMOOTHLY, especially when swiping between screens. Smooth as butter!
Chomp SMS feature of "quick compose" by holding search button does not wprk on JB.. does not work on Handcent pro beta either. There is no other app to quick compose a text is there?
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FoxFi tether, not wifi tether. Root not needed for FoxFi
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Hence my second sentence. "Requires root obviously." Wasn't a comparison but rather an alternate and confirmation that it works for me at least.
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s_cuttic said:
FoxFi tether, not wifi tether. Root not needed for FoxFi
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Again....
Hence my second sentence. "Requires root obviously." Wasn't a comparison but rather an alternate and confirmation that it works for me at least.
Related
Just got the OTA notification for .181. I am not on the soak test, just a normal user.
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Update fails
I noticed that the .181 OTA update was available and decided to download and apply it. Alas, there is no joy in mudville. My (rooted) Razr Maxx reboots and gets about 25% into the process before stalling. It then reboots and announces that the update has failed.
Help anyone?
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I noticed that the .181 OTA update was available and decided to download and apply it. Alas, there is no joy in mudville. My (rooted) Razr Maxx reboots and gets about 25% into the process before stalling. It then reboots and announces that the update has failed.
Help anyone?
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Did you remove any stock apps? Mine worked fine.
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The Soak test is over. And their pushing the update out to everyone now.
Eu or US?
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Its for the US Verizon Droid Razr
I can confirm that the .181 update is rolling out to every droid maxx user in the US. I live in California and i just received the update when i went to check for "System Update"
maestro53 said:
I noticed that the .181 OTA update was available and decided to download and apply it. Alas, there is no joy in mudville. My (rooted) Razr Maxx reboots and gets about 25% into the process before stalling. It then reboots and announces that the update has failed.
Help anyone?
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Exact same thing here... completely stock/rooted. I had frozen some apps and deleted others. I defrost the frozen apps and restored the deleted apps. Still not working. Ideas?
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asiandrg0n said:
Its for the US Verizon Droid Razr
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okay any improvments?
tCizler said:
Exact same thing here... completely stock/rooted. I had frozen some apps and deleted others. I defrost the frozen apps and restored the deleted apps. Still not working. Ideas?
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It's live as of 6:30am in good 'ole SC.
Use mattlgroff's Utility to "Keep root through OTA" although at least one person has reported not needing to use that...supposedly the tool worked just fine to root .181, but that gamble is up to you. ;-)
tCizler & maestro53 - I am new to the RAZR, just got mine yesterday, actually...but you haven't mentioned anything about recoveries...if you're running safestrap, etc. I imagine you will have to restore to stock before the update will work.
But a more informed individual is free to give me a slap upside the head.
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okay any improvments?
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There's some people claiming higher speeds...
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/1907-181-ota-is-live/
Well I'm 100% stock, no root. Installed the update. Got a message that it failed, but it shows 6.12.181.XT9212. So I'm not sure what I ended up with??? Anybody else have this happen??
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It's live as of 6:30am in good 'ole SC.
Use mattlgroff's Utility to "Keep root through OTA" although at least one person has reported not needing to use that...supposedly the tool worked just fine to root .181, but that gamble is up to you. ;-)
tCizler & maestro53 - I am new to the RAZR, just got mine yesterday, actually...but you haven't mentioned anything about recoveries...if you're running safestrap, etc. I imagine you will have to restore to stock before the update will work.
But a more informed individual is free to give me a slap upside the head.
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There's some people claiming higher speeds...
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/1907-181-ota-is-live/
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I appreciate the suggestions, but like I said I'm stock/rooted. I have done nothing but freeze/defrost and delete/restore apps. Although I did buy it used on eBay, so I can't say for sure what was done with it prior. But there are 4 other people at work with RAZRs. 3 maxxs and one regular. Only one maxx accepted the update. All 4 are stock/rooted
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I appreciate the suggestions, but like I said I'm stock/rooted. I have done nothing but freeze/defrost and delete/restore apps. Although I did buy it used on eBay, so I can't say for sure what was done with it prior. But there are 4 other people at work with RAZRs. 3 maxxs and one regular. Only one maxx accepted the update. All 4 are stock/rooted
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Hmm. Again, take this with a grain of salt, as I am new to the phone, and this is most likely an extreme option...
You could backup your data/apps using the program of your choice (I've found ROM Toolbox to be the best) and then use DRU 1.51 to "sbf" restore to .173.
That's what I did, as I got the phone from a friend who had ICS/safestrap and all sorts of stuff done to it and something in there made my 4G not work so I wanted to start fresh.
That being said, I am only just now about to attempt the update, so I'm putting my foot in a position such that it might be quickly inserted into my mouth, if necessary.
Just got mine. Warner Robins GA.
Also if you have after market recovery it won't install.
I was rooted .173 and took the update. I didn't unroot. Installed correctly and restored root w root keeper. Very nice.
Went through without a hitch here in monroe Michigan stock rooted and also kept root without backing up still looking for the changes but otherwise working great.
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jamRwoo said:
Hmm. Again, take this with a grain of salt, as I am new to the phone, and this is most likely an extreme option...
You could backup your data/apps using the program of your choice (I've found ROM Toolbox to be the best) and then use DRU 1.51 to "sbf" restore to .173.
That's what I did, as I got the phone from a friend who had ICS/safestrap and all sorts of stuff done to it and something in there made my 4G not work so I wanted to start fresh.
That being said, I am only just now about to attempt the update, so I'm putting my foot in a position such that it might be quickly inserted into my mouth, if necessary.
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I thought about that too, but its a pain. Maybe as a complete last resort. Thanks for the suggestions
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. 181 makes everything thing faster and it really seems alot smoother. Also root methods for.173 work.
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tCizler said:
I thought about that too, but its a pain. Maybe as a complete last resort. Thanks for the suggestions
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I might be insane from staying up all night, but I coulda swore I saw (either on here or on droidrzr) a "rebloating" script that essentially went through and made sure any such changes would be undone.
And cmon, it's not that bad. The restart will be good for ya, get rid of some of those apps you think you need but really don't. ;-)
Anyway...I went ahead and applied the update on stock/unrooted .173, then used DRU 1.51's GB Root option and it completed successfully, Superuser is on my phone and all seems dandy.
So if you're running stock/unrooted .173 it's CONFIRMED that you do NOT need to root and then use Voodoo's OTA Rootkeeper app to make sure you'll have root in .181. However, if you're already rooted, I'm not sure what happens.
If I understand correctly how Voodoo works, you may need to use Voodoo in order for the update to complete successfully. tCizler, have you tried that?
Now I just gotta figure out what I'm gonna do from here haha...With this update, will I be unable to install most ROMs or should this have no effect on that?
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tCizler...I realize I'm firing shots in the dark here, but you may wish to check out this thread. My apologies if it doesn't apply.
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. 181 makes everything thing faster and it really seems alot smoother. Also root methods for.173 work.
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Nice hope to see the update in EU to
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Could someone drop the update? Or at least check sum against the leak
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FIXING OP
Can you make a version that don't requires Safestrap??
If it can work without Safestrap, it also can work as 2nd-System in BootMenu.
I will try this tonight but i need help. I have become fairly familiar with the RAZR. I came from an inc which i loved. The only sd i have is from the inc and its only 2gigs. Question is when making a backup can i save it to the internal sd card? Or will i lose it when wiping data and then formatting the system?
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Thanks for the ROM so very much. Is it for GSM or CDMA. (I assume the latter)
CDMA
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I am on stock MOTOBLUR with gingerbread 2.3.6, rooted with safe strap recovery on it. Can I follow the instruction even tho I am still on gingerbread.? Would love to try this out!! If I have to do something first would someone be willing to help me?
Thanks
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How do I get ics safe strap 2.0? I'm downloading the rom now. Looking forward to resting it out.
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idelgado782 said:
How do I get ics safe strap 2.0? I'm downloading the rom now. Looking forward to resting it out.
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I don't think you will be able to install Safestrap 2.0 on Gingerbread, you need to install ICS leak first
openfac3 said:
I am on stock MOTOBLUR with gingerbread 2.3.6, rooted with safe strap recovery on it. Can I follow the instruction even tho I am still on gingerbread.? Would love to try this out!! If I have to do something first would someone be willing to help me?
Thanks
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Go to ics leak 79 and start from there.
R3Ds Themes
Battery and 1% charge hack
After spending more than 12 hours I managed to install ICS leak 6.14.79 and than followed the steps precisely got R3DS Rom into my phone and was very happy at first but as soon I installed and set GO Launcher EX act by default instead of HomeScreen and shut my phone down waited for 30 seconds and then turn the phone back on I was unable to statr phone sucessfuly, just was getting icomplete lock screnn and toching buttons did nothing. So i ended up using DroidRazrUtility 1.7 to get Gingerbread back on and then installed ICS 6.16,211 in recovery modr from external SD card. So now to my question: Is anyway possible to have battery you have in post #2 (battery #2 is my favorite) plus 1% charge into system I already have without installing separate app from the Market since it can't replace system icon but adds own one?
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Oleg
After I am on ics leak 79 and rooted with safestrap 2.0 I can just flash this and reboot?
It also says this after rooting ics 79 about flashing Roms...
" *Advice: Don't use any ROMS that do not have "data on boot"."
Does this rom have data on boot?
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openfac3 said:
After I am on ics leak 79 and rooted with safestrap 2.0 I can just flash this and reboot?
It also says this after rooting ics 79 about flashing Roms...
" *Advice: Don't use any ROMS that do not have "data on boot"."
Does this rom have data on boot?
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i would think so since it's stock.
I cant get ics 79 on my phone. Can anyone pm me and help me. I would greatly appreciate it thanks.
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Can I apply this room if a have the latest really Brazil update?
Batt Mod on Stock Rom?
Can you just flash the battery mod to stock .211?
I don't believe so, as I'm fairly certain it needs to be deodexed to work, which stock would not be. I could be throwing around false information, though.
I have a noob question of my own; is it possible to flash this from the OTA ICS update or must it be done from the leaked updates?
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Can you just flash the battery mod to stock .211?
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I would also like a solid answer on this. I flash Hashcodes .211 stock rom.
How is battery life and stability on this rom? Is everything working for the most part? Any major bugs?
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Thank Me Later said:
How is battery life and stability on this rom? Is everything working for the most part? Any major bugs?
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I've been on this ROM for a couple of days now and have had no issues. I love the accurate battery mod and the power toggles on the notification pull down. I haven't noticed any degradation in battery, but don't have enough time on it yet to make an objective assessment. So far, I totally recommend it!
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I've been on this ROM for a couple of days now and have had no issues. I love the accurate battery mod and the power toggles on the notification pull down. I haven't noticed any degradation in battery, but don't have enough time on it yet to make an objective assessment. So far, I totally recommend it!
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Thanks for the feed back! Let me know if there's ever a change in battery life.
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Had eclipse rom on GB before going stock for OTA. Currently still stock rooted 211. Any way to get the percent back?
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Have you tried Rom toolbox? There's an option for that a believe. Just make sure that you back up, because we know what happens when we tweak and want to update.
After searching for rom toolbox, I found this. Apparently rom toolbox deletes files without the owners permission and reboots your phone. Here is the developers admission.
http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=438&t=355721&start=15
Granted, it is an anti piracy measure, but I'd stay away from rom toolbox as this developer should not have root access to your phone.
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After searching for rom toolbox, I found this. Apparently rom toolbox deletes files without the owners permission and reboots your phone. Here is the developers admission.
http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=438&t=355721&start=15
Granted, it is an anti piracy measure, but I'd stay away from rom toolbox as this developer should not have root access to your phone.
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Yeah, a smart guy that is well known in the root community shouldn't have root access to your phone because he doesn't want his apps pirated. Yes, ROM Toolbox did user delete files to stop piracy , because he didn't want his and other apps pirated, seems sensible to me. yet, he took this feature away because of Market restrictions.
You would think in such a pro developer crowd such as Android you'd have a little bit higher of an opinion of a popular developer trying to reduce how much his app is pirated.
Anyway OP, there is not any 1% mod for stock .211 yet, but Eclipse for ICS, Liquid Smooth 1.5, Black Widow for ICS all have the 1% mod. Find the allHere.
There's a deodexer .zip file and 1% battery mod floating around that worked on the first ICS leak (which seems forever ago). I just OTA'ed to 211 and I'm finding a good bit of differences so those zips probably wouldn't work or would cause ill effects. I'm going to see if I can find the guy who created those zips and shoot him a PM.
Even Apple products have 1% battery indicators. I think it should be a stock option in Android. It drives me crazy trying to guess how much battery I have by a bar.
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There's a deodexer .zip file and 1% battery mod floating around that worked on the first ICS leak (which seems forever ago). I just OTA'ed to 211 and I'm finding a good bit of differences so those zips probably wouldn't work or would cause ill effects. I'm going to see if I can find the guy who created those zips and shoot him a PM.
Even Apple products have 1% battery indicators. I think it should be a stock option in Android. It drives me crazy trying to guess how much battery I have by a bar.
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Very true. Thank u for ur effort. I'll wait patiently.
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Shinare said:
Very true. Thank u for ur effort. I'll wait patiently.
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These are the threads where I got the mods for the first leak:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=206432
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=206814
I sent him a PM on Droid Forums. Hopefully I'll hear back soon.
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I heard there is leak original motorola rom for Rogers Droid Razr ICS.
Is there Rogers Droid Razr ICS OTA zip file that I can install on my phone without rooting my phone?
If there is please show me where I can find it because I am tired of waiting for Motorola to release ICS!!!
Hamelay said:
I heard there is leak original motorola rom for Rogers Droid Razr ICS.
Is there Rogers Droid Razr ICS OTA zip file that I can install on my phone without rooting my phone?
If there is please show me where I can find it because I am tired of waiting for Motorola to release ICS!!!
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Please check the thread in Droid Razr Development, that is where I posted it
Hamelay said:
I heard there is leak original motorola rom for Rogers Droid Razr ICS.
Is there Rogers Droid Razr ICS OTA zip file that I can install on my phone without rooting my phone?
If there is please show me where I can find it because I am tired of waiting for Motorola to release ICS!!!
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Why not root your phone? You can un-root at anytime. ICS is too good to wait for an actual release
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Please check the thread in Droid Razr Development, that is where I posted it
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Can you post or send me the direct link for that?
It was literally the third post down under Development....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735746
Is there an easy and simple way to do this?
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Hamelay said:
Is there an easy and simple way to do this?
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yes. read the instruction in that thread. it is very easy. root. install required free app. run. profit.
it doesn't get any easier than that.
unless ur coming from an iPhone...
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Is there an easy and simple way to do this?
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Just did it myself, and it was extremely easy... I am a NOOB by the way... if I can do it, you can.
One suggestion... READ EVERY SINGLE WORD... then read it all again... and then 3 more times until you know it before you get to it... it will save you a lot of grief... trust me on this one...
I hate the new upgrade of Rogers Droid Razr ICS
I upgrade it finally but now I hate ICS.
After the upgrade my phone is to slow even if I reset it twice, flash player don't work at all, webtop act funny and totally different(I like the old one), Some of my apps don't work or crashes alot, its not easy to uninstall apps like 2.3.5&2.3.6, my wifi & GPS went on&off with out doing anything, my GPS apps doesn't work at all, ....
I like the new look of ICS but when its come to the function, its ****ed up!!!
Hamelay said:
I upgrade it finally but now I hate ICS.
After the upgrade my phone is to slow even if I reset it twice, flash player don't work at all, webtop act funny and totally different(I like the old one), Some of my apps don't work or crashes alot, its not easy to uninstall apps like 2.3.5&2.3.6, my wifi & GPS went on&off with out doing anything, my GPS apps doesn't work at all, ....
I like the new look of ICS but when its come to the function, its ****ed up!!!
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You should back up your data, boot into stock recovery or if you're using custom recovery (cwm/bootmenu) and do a factory wipe. It's painful as you'll have to set up your phone again from scratch but it will fix most of your issues with apps crashing.
I just got my note 2 upgraded from a thunderbolt and so far I haven't encountered anything that makes me think I need to root this phone. I mean the quadrant score was 6116 lol. Thoughts?
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If you do not know why you would want to root it you are better off just leaving it stock.
Hmm.. I can think of a few... Lol
But let's start with the wifi reminder in the notification area.. Do you like to see it there constantly?
I like to use different apps in multi window.. Gmail.. YouTube... Would you like to have additional ones?
Either way it's a great phone and stock is solid... A few more bells & whistles for the rooted ppl...
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Travisdroidx2 said:
If you do not know why you would want to root it you are better off just leaving it stock.
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Ive been rooted on d1 d2 tbolt and razr. I dont feel I need a performance boost on this beast. If rooting will noticably extend battery life, thats a good reason. But im sure ill get bored and root in a shortbtime lol.
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My main reason for rooting is for mods. I definitely wanted the wallet mod and custom apps in multi window. I think I'll stay stock rooted though as I'm completely satisfied with the ui and stability.
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For myself coming from the gnex I had to have a phone with a unlocked or in this case unlockable bootloader so that I could have the freedom to flash what I like. I do not like bloat and I enjoy the great mods from these great devs. Also I like custom roms over stock as well. Thats why I root.
Honestly I kept my Note 2 stock unrooted for a while, at least until Scott released CleanRom. I was perfectly happy with unrooted and heck a lot of times I flash it back to stock unrooted relocked for a few days. To me The only reasons to root are wifi tether, and with a toggle widget you can use the hotspot unrooted.
I still use CleanRom Ace though. Going to see what kind of battery life the new kernel gives
bond32 said:
Honestly I kept my Note 2 stock unrooted for a while, at least until Scott released CleanRom. I was perfectly happy with unrooted and heck a lot of times I flash it back to stock unrooted relocked for a few days. To me The only reasons to root are wifi tether, and with a toggle widget you can use the hotspot unrooted.
I still use CleanRom Ace though. Going to see what kind of battery life the new kernel gives
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You don't need to root to use the wifi toggle to bypass subscription. Works just fine bone stock.
nunyazz said:
You don't need to root to use the wifi toggle to bypass subscription. Works just fine bone stock.
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Right, I should have clarified. It works but it doesn't work well. As with the S3, jelly Bean plus verizon Hotspot don't work well together. Data drops, what not happen a lot when connecting to a pc. The wifi tether app works much better.
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bond32 said:
Right, I should have clarified. It works but it doesn't work well. As with the S3, jelly Bean plus verizon Hotspot don't work well together. Data drops, what not happen a lot when connecting to a pc. The wifi tether app works much better.
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Can't say I've ever had problems using the Verizon hotspot stock app. No data drops for me thus far.
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TBOLT to GNII Also - Rooted both
I also upgraded from a rooted Thunderbolt (put it back to stock yesterday just for the experience) a week ago and rooted my GNII the next day. Primarily because I don't like restrictions but the limited apps in the multiview was kicker. Who in their right mind (VZ!) would limit that functionality? Anyways, using latest CleanROM ACE 4.0.5 and Nova Launcher and couldn't be happier.
how could you not root? there is no way i could deal with apps that are loaded with ads for a full day...adfree and tibu to are two must have apps.
droidstyle said:
how could you not root? there is no way i could deal with apps that are loaded with ads for a full day...adfree and tibu to are two must have apps.
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agreed. My main reasons:
Titanium Backup
Root Explorer
full access for Lightflow
Root Call Blocker Pro (to replace the deleted-by-Verizon call/text blocking function)
get rid of WiFi nag notification
use any app in the multi window function
customized toggles
WiFi hotspot
turn off shutter sounds on camera
Otherwise, my phone is mostly stock (running CleanRom 1.0, which is basically stock with a few of these mods)
happy happy happy
No need for for me to root, the main reason I root is for battery percent and that is possible to do while not rooted. Adfree messes with some of the websites I mainly use so no thanks for that.
Another reason why is because I like to be able to get OTA updates and install them without wiping the phone.
Tether is possible without root too. No need for titanium backup if you don't need to wipe .
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richii0207 said:
No need for for me to root, the main reason I root is for battery percent and that is possible to do while not rooted. Adfree messes with some of the websites I mainly use so no thanks for that.
Another reason why is because I like to be able to get OTA updates and install them without wiping the phone.
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lol @ ota updates...some of you guys crack me up.
droidstyle said:
lol @ ota updates...some of you guys crack me up.
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Lol specially considering we will have what ever ota update weeks before verizon will actually release it to him like cleanrom 4.05 is 4.12 base already ahead of you already got the L7 stock kernel with exploit fixed also. Is his device protected? Or flash a custom kernel with the exploit fix. Oh ya need to be unlocked and rooted for that also.
Travisdroidx2 said:
If you do not know why you would want to root it you are better off just leaving it stock.
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I agree with him. If you like the way your phone already is, don't root it.
i didnt think there was a need and i did. after installing jellybeans build 6 im so happy that i did
Morkeyz said:
I agree with him. If you like the way your phone already is, don't root it.
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I agree to an extent. I think with myself and others, I would be perfectly happy with a bone stock phone. But I do like getting rid of the pesky ads...
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Numerous annoyances
Since you have the Verizon GN2, I'm surprised you're ok with what they've done. Doesn't the persistent WiFi notification bother you? How about the lack of all of the available toggles? What really got me was the removal of the stock email widget. It's such a basic feature - it's mind blowing that this isn't available on stock.