Hey all,
I've been doing a lot of reading but I haven't found anything that spells out the answer very clearly so I'm hoping to get a clear answer here.
As many sources state that the xt910 is GSM and the xt912 is CDMA I don't understand how that is possible. I have a Verizon xt910 which obviously runs on LTE/CDMA. So I'm confused about why there is little to nothing about the xt910 being on CDMA. Pretty much all of the ROMs out there are for GSM. Only xt912 ROMs are for Verizon/CDMA from what i have been able to find.
So, my question is, are ROMs between the two models interchangeable? Does using a xt910 GSM ROM remove the CDMA functionality of my phone? Does anyone know of an existing xt910 Verizon CDMA ROM?
I actually followed the tutorial at Droidrazr.com without realizing that it was meant for the xt912 and now I can't access the boot menu or safestrap (v3.12) in order to reflash the phone to something else.
The phone is acting really weird after the flash to JB, the bottom quarter of the screen goes all scrambled 90% of the time which prevents you from reading anything (like the keyboard) in that part of the screen and I get the supper annoying "the process android.process.media has stopped." popping up every few second which makes using the phone almost impossible.
Current system version: 98.72.16.XT912.Verizon.en.US
Any thoughts on how I can restore the phone without AP Fastboot since I can't access the boot menu through holding the volume up + volume down + power button?
Thanks in advance!
Still nothing from anyone?
njkid said:
Still nothing from anyone?
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So glad this turned out to be helpful forum -_-
Am I in the wrong section here or missing some piece of information that prevents people from being able to answer any of these questions?
Just to clear the air
Xt912 is Verizon ( cdma)
Xt910 is gsm
There is no xt910 Verizon gsm model
So i guess first you need to work out which 1 you have? I believe if its branded Verizon it still be xt912 cdma, otherwise its xt910 gsm
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Hmm, I don't know what to tell you then because it's a Verizon phone. I bought it right when the Razr came out. I checked the About Phone and it clearly stated it was an xt910. I wonder if that may have had something to do with the fact that I blocked all OTAs and literally had the original stock ROM on it from when it was first released. I makes sense why I find nothing about xt910 Verizon/CDMA but I can't explain why my phone thinks its a xt910 lol Once I get back to my original system I'll even grab a screen shot.
I guess i'll address that issue later though.
I think i found a way to recover by using BMM to enter AP Fastboot which should allow me to flash back to my old system. I don't think entering recovery from BMM works though. I tried it once and all it did was reboot the phone as usual.
marconz said:
Just to clear the air
Xt912 is Verizon ( cdma)
Xt910 is gsm
There is no xt910 Verizon gsm model
So i guess first you need to work out which 1 you have? I believe if its branded Verizon it still be xt912 cdma, otherwise its xt910 gsm
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I dont know If you fixed theproblem.
however, I went into Settings> Apps> All Apps> Media Storage> Clear data
Or do a factory reset.
Hope that helps
i was using my gf's XT910 from VZW after flashing the JB update via RSDlite
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Hi guys, I'm really confused. I understand the differences between gsm and cdma. What I dont get is how we can have safestrap for cdma but not gsm. Surely this is the better solution for recoveries?
Am I missing something or are we (gsm owners) missing out? I really want to try some custom roms but can't help but think I'm in the poo if something goes wrong.
Any ideas?
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Hi guys, I'm really confused. I understand the differences between gsm and cdma. What I dont get is how we can have safestrap for cdma but not gsm. Surely this is the better solution for recoveries?
Am I missing something or are we (gsm owners) missing out? I really want to try some custom roms but can't help but think I'm in the poo if something goes wrong.
Any ideas?
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Its just a naming differ. To GSM razr CWM is called bootstrap.
Cheers
But what I have read is that safestrap and bootstrap are different setups.
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Its not just a name difference.
Safestrap works very differently than Razr Bootstrap even though both are based on Koush's CWM recovery.
Safestrap loads a "Safe" system to the /preinstall partition so that the "unsafe" stock system remains untouched by any modifications.
The reason that it is not compatible with the XT910 is because the /preinstall partition is much smaller than the XT912 and there is not room to put the safe system on it.
That explains it alot better.
So, the only option we have is bootstrap. In that case, how reliable is the boot to cwm script? I just feel a touch nervous coming from htc and samsung devices where the recovery partition was very reliable and hard to mess the phone up.
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MarkyG82 said:
That explains it alot better.
So, the only option we have is bootstrap. In that case, how reliable is the boot to cwm script? I just feel a touch nervous coming from htc and samsung devices where the recovery partition was very reliable and hard to mess the phone up.
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It's pretty decent I guess. I've had a ton of times where I've entered bootloop, and CWM on boot really helped. It only doesn't work when you do stupid stuff (like format /system ), but there's always fastbooting.
Just make sure you READ through the posts properly, and you should be fine.
Thanks. I feel alot better now.
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A safer bootstrap for GSM/CDMA is coming soon.
I'm working on it right now. I'll try to make it available as soon as ICS is official.
Thats great. Ill hold off doing anything beyond rooting then. Stock ics looks like it'll be really nice anyway. I've been teaching myself various code basics so I'm going to try cook a rom myself. Stripped down aosp of some sort.
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whirleyes said:
A safer bootstrap for GSM/CDMA is coming soon.
I'm working on it right now. I'll try to make it available as soon as ICS is official.
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I could say: "Something big is comming!"
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I could say: "Something big is comming!"
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I second that
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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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...
Hamelay said:
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 wan to put my razr from JB back to ICS if possible. Thanks
Smil3y79 said:
I wan to put my razr from JB back to ICS if possible. Thanks
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Gsm or cdma?
Hit the 'thanks' button if it helps
Smil3y79 said:
I wan to put my razr from JB back to ICS if possible. Thanks
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Gsm or cdma?
Hit the 'thanks' button if it helps
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is there way how to get back to ICS...???
any official statement from motorola that after update JB can't back to ICS...?
No, it's not possible. After you have updated you can't go back.
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No, it's not possible. After you have updated you can't go back.
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any official statement from motorola that after update JB can't back to ICS...?
on ICS can used GSM (not in US), how about on JB? GSM (data-call) can work?
You could load a ics based rom that uses a kexec kernel with safestrap or boot manager, but (I could be wrong) I believe the locked bootloader prevents downgrading your actual system kernel
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Jesus, this question gets asked every other day. Please learn how to use the search bar. No, you cannot downgrade from JB, welcome to the wonderful world of locked bootloaders.
henhida said:
any official statement from motorola that after update JB can't back to ICS...?
on ICS can used GSM (not in US), how about on JB? GSM (data-call) can work?
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Motorola doesn't issue statements about people hacking or modifying their phones.
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OK cool
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Smil3y79 said:
I wan to put my razr from JB back to ICS if possible. Thanks
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me too
Guys.
It CANNOT be done. Please read and understand.
-Sent from Marino's Razr Maxx-
shobon said:
Jesus, this question gets asked every other day. Please learn how to use the search bar. No, you cannot downgrade from JB, welcome to the wonderful world of locked bootloaders.
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Thank you. Seriously people learn to search and learn to read. IT SAYS WHEN YOU FLASHED IT THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO GO BACK TO ICS, SO DONT FN ASK AND ASK AND ASK AND ASK AFTER YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you were not sure about the upgrade, then why did you do it in the first place? Also, why the hell do you want to go back anyways, it actually makes the phone work properly. No more random Wifi glitching forcing you to reboot to go back on Wifi, no more issues toggling between wifi and 4g, better battery life, faster phone, I even got better incomming call clarity. But you know I should go back to ICS for some bullet to the head reasoning!
iguanad said:
Motorola doesn't issue statements about people hacking or modifying their phones.
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Because wanting to revert your phone to a previously support system is considered hacking.... riiiight.
JB better than ICS?
djfirestorm said:
Thank you. Seriously people learn to search and learn to read. IT SAYS WHEN YOU FLASHED IT THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO GO BACK TO ICS, SO DONT FN ASK AND ASK AND ASK AND ASK AFTER YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you were not sure about the upgrade, then why did you do it in the first place? Also, why the hell do you want to go back anyways, it actually makes the phone work properly. No more random Wifi glitching forcing you to reboot to go back on Wifi, no more issues toggling between wifi and 4g, better battery life, faster phone, I even got better incomming call clarity. But you know I should go back to ICS for some bullet to the head reasoning!
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Not to argue, but I'm experiencing my maxx on JB a whole hell of a lot slower than ICS... working properly? I don't think so... unless regular freezing and crashing/rebooting is what you're referring to.
btw, it was a complete, regrettable accident when I accidently pressed "install" on the constant incessant request to install the update it automatically downloaded to my phone. never asked for that to happen either.
So, perhaps if we just simply root JB, remove all the numerous apps that we don't use, then it should "work properly"? anyone know what what I'm saying?
I have really messed up. I cannot get into my phone at all. button reset starts after being plugged in for a few minutes then green light comes on when plugged in followed by, "Failed to Boot 1". Motorola of course shows but phone goes no further. We have tried everything we can think of including, all Verizon sbf's & intelos sbf's. Not sure what to do. My phone is a Motorola Droid X2 MB867.
e.penrose1 said:
I have really messed up. I cannot get into my phone at all. button reset starts after being plugged in for a few minutes then green light comes on when plugged in followed by, "Failed to Boot 1". Motorola of course shows but phone goes no further. We have tried everything we can think of including, all Verizon sbf's & intelos sbf's. Not sure what to do. My phone is a Motorola Droid X2 MB867.
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Reinstall ddrivers, use latest rsd lite or sbf flash, reflash with Verizon android 2.3.4. Failed to boot 1 is a bootloader failure if I remember right. Keep trying till it boots.
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Lrs121 said:
Reinstall ddrivers, use latest rsd lite or sbf flash, reflash with Verizon android 2.3.4. Failed to boot 1 is a bootloader failure if I remember right. Keep trying till it boots.
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I think I may be missing something; if I cannot get the phone to come on at all except for a couple of minutes when it states Failed to Boot 1, then how do I go about proceeding?
Beth
e.penrose1 said:
I think I may be missing something; if I cannot get the phone to come on at all except for a couple of minutes when it states Failed to Boot 1, then how do I go about proceeding?
Beth
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make sure its completely off then start the phone holding up on the volume rocker. that should bring it into rsd mode. if it wont stay on that usually means the battery is low and it needs to be charged before flashing. however it will not charge the battery in the state its in now.
Added Note....
e.penrose1 said:
I think I may be missing something; if I cannot get the phone to come on at all except for a couple of minutes when it states Failed to Boot 1, then how do I go about proceeding?
Beth
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I really appreciate everything you are doing to help me. I do have one more detail to add. I have been running eclipse with only one problem, the data never worked. My wifi worked fine but never any data. Any ideas would be wonderful.
Thank you Again,
Beth
Got Battery (x3) Same Story
Lrs121 said:
make sure its completely off then start the phone holding up on the volume rocker. that should bring it into rsd mode. if it wont stay on that usually means the battery is low and it needs to be charged before flashing. however it will not charge the battery in the state its in now.
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Well, one exception, I am no longer getting "Battery to Low to Flash"....
I have RSD Lite, Daytona & nTelos SBF via your files (Thank you). Help Please
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e.penrose1 said:
Well, one exception, I am no longer getting "Battery to Low to Flash"....
I have RSD Lite, Daytona & nTelos SBF via your files (Thank you). Help Please
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If I had known you had the milestone x2 I would never have recommend red lite. It erases your carrier files which removes your ability to have a 3g data connection the only way to fix it is to go to your carrier and have them rewrite their files to it. However you need a fully functional stock ROM for that to work. Check out this thread I has everything you need to know about messing with the mx2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101633
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Tried & Tested
Lrs121 said:
If I had known you had the milestone x2 I would never have recommend red lite. It erases your carrier files which removes your ability to have a 3g data connection the only way to fix it is to go to your carrier and have them rewrite their files to it. However you need a fully functional stock ROM for that to work. Check out this thread I has everything you need to know about messing with the mx2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101633
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I thank you but, I have been looking at that thread and to say the least my brain is fried. Should anyone want to trade a working touchscreen android for Verizon for an experiment I am game lol. Being without a phone is almost calming and peaceful but, NOT.
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e.penrose1 said:
I thank you but, I have been looking at that thread and to say the least my brain is fried. Should anyone want to trade a working touchscreen android for Verizon for an experiment I am game lol. Being without a phone is almost calming and peaceful but, NOT.
E.
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He did a lot of experiments I was more referring to the start of the thread which explains how to root, flash and also restore to stock
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I have tried them all with no result thank you though.
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I have tried them all with no result thank you though.
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Then I'd have to say its time to talk to the carrier
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Success!!!!
Lrs121 said:
If I had known you had the milestone x2 I would never have recommend red lite. It erases your carrier files which removes your ability to have a 3g data connection the only way to fix it is to go to your carrier and have them rewrite their files to it. However you need a fully functional stock ROM for that to work. Check out this thread I has everything you need to know about messing with the mx2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101633
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Got it although I am not sure how, a combination of RSD Lite, Experia Flasher, Easy SBF among others.
E.
e.penrose1 said:
Got it although I am not sure how, a combination of RSD Lite, Experia Flasher, Easy SBF among others.
E.
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What ever works for you
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Hello. I plan getting one of the motorola razr devices but i need some help.
I have done some googling but i dont seem to get it.
Is there a difference between the motorola razr maxx,motorola razr xt912,xt910 and razr max hd??
Can any of the metioned devices run any of the roms in the development section of this forum? Specifically the razr Maxx?
I have tried to understand these devices but i just can tell the difference and i dont want buy the device before realizing its different and cant run the roms in this forum.
I know this might be an annoying question but am confused.
Please help a brother out.
mickeyasamoah said:
Hello. I plan getting one of the motorola razr devices but i need some help.
I have done some googling but i dont seem to get it.
Is there a difference between the motorola razr maxx,motorola razr xt912,xt910 and razr max hd??
Can any of the metioned devices run any of the roms in the development section of this forum? Specifically the razr Maxx?
I have tried to understand these devices but i just can tell the difference and i dont want buy the device before realizing its different and cant run the roms in this forum.
I know this might be an annoying question but am confused.
Please help a brother out.
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Razr XT910 is GSM (for Europe)
Razr XT912 is CDMA (for USA)
Razr MAXX coming in both versions,the only difference is in the battery,it have 3300mAh unlike those above,they have 1780 mAh.
Razr MAXX HD is a completely different phone,you have a different thread for it.
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welder73 said:
Razr XT910 is GSM (for Europe)
Razr XT912 is CDMA (for USA)
Razr MAXX coming in both versions,the only difference is in the battery,it have 3300mAh unlike those above,they have 1780 mAh.
Razr MAXX HD is a completely different phone,you have a different thread for it.
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Thanks Man.
In that case, if i proceed to buy a razr maxx, i can use the rooting method found in this forum and flash any rom in this forum. right??
mickeyasamoah said:
Thanks Man.
In that case, if i proceed to buy a razr maxx, i can use the rooting method found in this forum and flash any rom in this forum. right??
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Yes,just be sure to find correct root methode,I don't know what you are buying,XT912 or XT910.
Also,there's one methode for ICS (4.0.4) and another for JB (4.1.2)...
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welder73 said:
Yes,just be sure to find correct root methode,I don't know what you are buying,XT912 or XT910.
Also,there's one methode for ICS (4.0.4) and another for JB (4.1.2)...
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Okay thanks man.
I would give u more info once i buy it.
Thanks once again.
mickeyasamoah said:
Okay thanks man.
I would give u more info once i buy it.
Thanks once again.
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No problem
Happy flashing :thumbup:
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welder73 said:
No problem
Happy flashing :thumbup:
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Hey.. I have gotten it.
Sad thing is that i didnt get the maxx, i got the droid razr(atleast thats what is written in settings.)
I let the battery die out and its being lying there for almost 10 minutes now.
Its on android 4.0(ics), also the battery isnt that good.
One other thing is the battery reduces in 5. for example 5%,10%,15%....
.
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No problem
Happy flashing :thumbup:
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My phone automatically started downloading the jb 4.1 update, I read the jb update only brings poor performance.
I am trying to make it stop downloading but no matter what I do it still downloading.
I have tried disconnecting data, and force closing an up called updater(which stops the download for a short time but it relaunches itself in a few seconds) and the disable option isn't available for that app.
Please help me out
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mickeyasamoah said:
My phone automatically started downloading the jb 4.1 update, I read the jb update only brings poor performance.
I am trying to make it stop downloading but no matter what I do it still downloading.
I have tried disconnecting data, and force closing an up called updater(which stops the download for a short time but it relaunches itself in a few seconds) and the disable option isn't available for that app.
Please help me out
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Well,JB is better than ICS,but if you don't want to upgrade you can install Titanium Backup and freeze that process...
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welder73 said:
Well,JB is better than ICS,but if you don't want to upgrade you can install Titanium Backup and freeze that process...
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Thanks...it worked.
Is there any way I can get FM radio to work on this device??
I am talking about offline FM radio not online streaming ones.
Thanks
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Well,JB is better than ICS,but if you don't want to upgrade you can install Titanium Backup and freeze that process...
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Hello... I need your help. I am serious trouble.
I just installed safetrap 3 and rebooted into recovery.
In recovery i backed up my stock rom and after backing it up, i decided to boot back into system and i am stuck in a bootloop.
I have cleared cache but it still gets stuck.
I also did factory reset, but it still wont boot.
I need ur help.
I am left with 55% battery