Just curious. Has there been anyone whom found a method of returning to the ICS software, after sideloading the JB leak? I wish to return to .211 and use the dual boot method, if at all possible.
Because of the locked bootloader, once you upgrade to the JB kernel, you can't go back to the ICS kernel. I know there is a thread somewhere in here though about dual booting with ICS and JB by using methods to get around the kernel limitation.
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Why would u want to go back to ICS battery life and other stuff are better on jb
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Battery life?
tcuwolf said:
Why would u want to go back to ICS battery life and other stuff are better on jb
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I personally do not know this, but many are saying the battery life on JB is not as good...or they are playing around with the phone more on jb lol!
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I personally do not know this, but many are saying the battery life on JB is not as good...or they are playing around with the phone more on jb lol!
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Battery life is just as good on JB. I find signal not quite as good - but really, the experience is much smoother on JB.
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Does anybody know if the install goes correctly, sorry if it's already been asked. I just don't want to brick my phone.
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I didn't want to bump this thread, but I really want an answer. Sooo, anybody know?
For me on the .173 software it failed but did not brick my phone. But until the bootloader is unlocked/bypassed the razr can not run an aosp rom. + juice defender ultimate ran horribly for me, ive used it on many other phones that it worked wonderful, the razr it did not.
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rigbyrobot said:
For me on the .173 software it failed but did not brick my phone. But until the bootloader is unlocked/bypassed the razr can not run an aosp rom. + juice defender ultimate ran horribly for me, ive used it on many other phones that it worked wonderful, the razr it did not.
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So that means that since my Razr isn't running an AOSP based ROM that it's highly unlikely that even on .181 it will be able to run, unlikely but not impossible?
Never mind, I put on my big boy pants and checked it for myself. It worked fine. And I love the new battery saving features.
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rigbyrobot said:
For me on the .173 software it failed but did not brick my phone. But until the bootloader is unlocked/bypassed the razr can not run an aosp rom. + juice defender ultimate ran horribly for me, ive used it on many other phones that it worked wonderful, the razr it did not.
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Black Widow is a AOSP Rom, isn't it? And juicedefender runs very well on my razr for three months now.
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dtrail1 said:
Black Widow is a AOSP Rom, isn't it? And juicedefender runs very well on my razr for three months now.
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A fully aosp rom includes the kernel, and since we cant boot custom kernels no rom for our phone can be built solely from the android open source project. I might have to give jd another try, do you guys still get the lag when it initiates 4g?
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AOSP works for 65.1.40 2.3.6 asia stock rom.
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A fully aosp rom includes the kernel, and since we cant boot custom kernels no rom for our phone can be built solely from the android open source project. I might have to give jd another try, do you guys still get the lag when it initiates 4g?
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What do you mean lag? I haven't botched anything service damaging like that. But I just set up jd and leave it.
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A fully aosp rom includes the kernel, and since we cant boot custom kernels no rom for our phone can be built solely from the android open source project. I might have to give jd another try, do you guys still get the lag when it initiates 4g?
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But now we can boot custom kernels using kexec, right? Ok, second core doesn't work but a good ICS custom ROM with a good kernel running on single core beats a stock ROM which is running on dual core. So I think it would be nice if a custom kernel could be built.
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What do you mean lag? I haven't botched anything service damaging like that. But I just set up jd and leave it.
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It's been a while since I've tried jd, the last time I did I had horrible lag when I turned on the screen to data connectivity initiating. The dev might have updated since then.
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But now we can boot custom kernels using kexec, right? Ok, second core doesn't work but a good ICS custom ROM with a good kernel running on single core beats a stock ROM which is running on dual core. So I think it would be nice if a custom kernel could be built.
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Kexec is close, I can't use it on my DROID RAZR yet, but very promising. I'd guess most devs will wait for the official update to ics's source drop by moto, giving how hard it is to find/build drivers for the h/w.
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I'm not sure I'm going to like the ICS update as much as Gingerbread. GB Blur looks and feels amazing not to mention the lockscreen. From the screenshots I'm not sure ICS is going to look better than GB. Your thoughts?
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You'll love it, trust me.
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I'm not sure I'm going to like the ICS update as much as Gingerbread. GB Blur looks and feels amazing not to mention the lockscreen. From the screenshots I'm not sure ICS is going to look better than GB. Your thoughts?
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I tried the .75 build. I really enjoyed the layout and features. Especially the lock screen. Makes unlocking it one handed easier.
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ForeverZ3RO said:
I'm not sure I'm going to like the ICS update as much as Gingerbread. GB Blur looks and feels amazing not to mention the lockscreen. From the screenshots I'm not sure ICS is going to look better than GB. Your thoughts?
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I second everything that's been said! I'm on the .211 leak and it's smoother, faster, benches higher, and is more customizable than Gingerbread. It has a better kernel(better battery life), better radios and a better interface. That all adds up to a massive increase in battery.
I've tried a few custom ROMs built from the gingerbread kernel back when I first got the razr and thought id never like ics, recently I flashed the 79 leak and a cm9 build overtop, it took about a day and I loved it, it is a big leap forward
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What about webtop app... Can You see any improvements?
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What about webtop app... Can You see any improvements?
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Totally transformed...
Now you have a Android Tablet... whit keyboard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVETKQl6tZ4
Thanks for all of the input everyone. Definitely makes me feel better about upgrading.
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Im planning to swap my o3d to photon.
Any thoughts about a good ics or jb rom please.
Also what are the cons of photon.
Thanks in advance for the reply.
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cmangalos said:
Im planning to swap my o3d to photon.
Any thoughts about a good ics or jb rom please.
Also what are the cons of photon.
Thanks in advance for the reply.
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As far as JB or ICS ROMs I would suggest you go with a JB ROM since to me they're more stable then ICS ROMs. Right now I'm running CNA ROM because the battery life is great on this. Only problems may be with the camera lagging and what not but all of them are good. They're all based off of jokers CM10.
Cons of the photon to me is that when you unlock boot loader 4G automatically borks. Make sure the photon you get doesn't already have 2.3.5 on it otherwise youre stuck with a perma locked boot loader and can't flash custom roms
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I agree ^
JB all the way, and I also agree w the CNA choice. Battery life and functionality is amazing. The obvious things don't work for lack of libs and keys though. Camcorder, lag in graphs and just some random glitches here and there. But jb all the way.
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Please help or give me links please
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There are quite a few different kernels and which one you should use will depend on a few factors.
The most important factors being:
What version of Android are you running?
Is it AOSP or Sense?
(ie: what rom are you using?)
I'm using liquid ics android version 4.0.4 just downloaded the from maybe 4-3 he's ago
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darkra405 said:
I'm using liquid ics android version 4.0.4 just downloaded the from maybe 4-3 he's ago
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There are no real ics kernels. Twisted has been messing with some of IMO lean kernels but people has been having issues with them.
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Please help or give me links please
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If you want good battery life you'll have to go back to Gingerbread. ICS ROMs have poor battery life compared to earlier ROMs because they all use the kernel from the leak and there's no other kernel available for the T'Bolt.
The non-sense ICS ROMs *should* have better battery life but in my own experience they don't.
As always, YMMV.
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If you want good battery life you'll have to go back to Gingerbread. ICS ROMs have poor battery life compared to earlier ROMs because they all use the kernel from the leak and there's no other kernel available for the T'Bolt.
The non-sense ICS ROMs *should* have better battery life but in my own experience they don't.
As always, YMMV.
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The ICS leak did not have the kernel from what I'm told making it unavailable to update. Including overclock. But, if you know anything about what these OS updates do you would know that ICS was the most important update allowing the cpu and gpu to work simultaneously. So if you do upgrade to ICS, the ability to under volt is slim since the whole reason you need that extra power is to benefit from using them at the same time other than just for games. Anyhow, even if ics does come out in ota it's going to be a battery destroyer.
Hey guys just wondering wether I should stick jb or go back to ics.
The reason I ask is because as everyone knows, the jb that HTC/sprint released was bug ridden. I know the devs have squashed most of the bugs but still.
So should I just stick with an ICS Rom and wait for the next rooted ota with all bugs fixed?
Also, what are you guys doing?
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Im personally staying on ics for now (tranquility rom.) Nothing i need from jb.
try meanbean rom its the best sense jb rom right now imo... everything works and mikey is always updating and fixing bugs...
Chocolate beans is running flawlessly for me. No bugs whatsoever and great battery life
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Benny, I'm currently running MeanBean v1.5. The only issue I've run across is with Google Navigation. Other than that, everything else runs fine, at least for me
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I'm sticking with MeanROM for now. I'll probably end up switching to MeanBean in the future.
I'm running super jelly and used rom cleaner to remove sense and this thing is a beast. I'm not going back to ICS.
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PACman ROM is sick. JB and essentially bugless. Been on it for weeks.
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Thanks guys (and gals)
Looks like I'll be sticking with jb then
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PACman ROM is sick. JB and essentially bugless. Been on it for weeks.
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I'm more of a Paranoid Android guy myself
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njfoses said:
Im personally staying on ics for now (tranquility rom.) Nothing i need from jb.
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i second that but i like to flash aleast 2-3 new roms now and then, since i been on tranguility for a minute, im willing to jump, even doe JB has nothing for me, i just like to flash:silly:
so far meanbean, superrjelly and stock/goodies are on my radar....can decide, they so good
I've been putting off upgrading to JB until many of the issues get ironed out. It's looking like MeanBean might have most of them fixed by now, but I'm just waiting to get some feedback on battery life, which some are saying gets worse once switched over to the new JB firmware. Once I get a more conclusive answer on the battery issues, I'll consider switching over to MeanBean.
I go back and forth. For me, ICS is definately snappier and better battery life than any of the stock or modified jb roms. I've tried almost all of them. Got a new Evo Lte for my wife and she did the ota to jb and it runs smoother than any jb rom I've tried on mine. Don't know if the new hboot has something to do with it or not but hers is definately smoother and has good battery life.