[Q] Barebones or lite rom for Dashcam - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Loooong time lurker, finally made an account.
I am going to be switching my phone from a thunderbolt to a galaxy S3, but there's still a lot of life left in the Thunderbolt.
I'd like to flash a barebones or light weight ROM to the phone.
I'm going to setup AutomatIt to turn on DailyRoads Voyager whenever the phone detects a bluetooth connection (from the stereo in the car).
I'm currently running an infected rom on my Thunderbolt, and it's very old. I haven't flashed a new rom on this phone in years! I'm out of touch with where to find current roms and I've spent the last two days looking for something barebones to put on the phone and have come up short.
Are there any roms that might be tailored to function as a dashcam? If not, are there any recommendations for light weight roms?
Thanks! Hopefully this is the right place to post this question.

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[Q] GB ROM with working 911 and headphone button

Hello all,
I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction to a Gingerbread ROM with a working media start/stop/call end headphone button (I'm using the OEM headphones that came with the phone) and 911. Both of these issues are documented bugs.
I've tried CM 7 and a couple of MIUI ROMs and the non-functioning headphone is pretty much a deal breaker, as I use my Vibrant for podcasts more or less everyday; the fact that 911 doesn't work just seems dangerous.
I've scanned lots of posts for different ROMs and neither issue really seems to come up telling me one way or the other and I don't have a day to load every single available GB ROM and figure it out via trial and error. Search hasn't been particularly revealing either.
For now, it's back to Team Whiskey NextGen v2, but I've tasted Gingerbread and I like it.
Thanks for your time.
The 911 issue should be fixed in the future. As for the head phone button issue - it will never be fixed until the GB source drops for our vibrant.
The button function is a kernel issue, not a ROM issue. The current kernels are ports of other phones hacked to work for our phone (thus another reason not so good battery life). (IE: I9000 kernels)
Don't hold your breath - don't think GB source will ever drop for our phones - Samsung dropped us like a wet diaper.

Camera blank

Hi All,
I've been playing with different roms over the past month or so, I'm currently using joker's CM9 Build. I've noticed that my camera comes up with a black screen on the back camera, the front facing one seems fine. I flashed back to a CM7 rom (Neutrino i think) and same thing. I flashed a new radio last week, the Australian one, to get better battery life, not sure if the camera was working before that or not. Would the radio do anything? I'm going to flash back to a bell radio now, but thought I would pick everyone's brain. I've dropped my phone alot in the last week (had a crazy week at work) and I'm wondering if one of those may have done it.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated

[Q] Confused on root.

The phone stats:
Razr Maxx 98.72 16 XT912.Verizon.en.us
4.1.2 version
CDMA_N05.2100r LTEDC_09.1d.00
build Number 9.8.20-72_vzw-16
I have did the search with allot of reading and am now more confused of what I have in my hand.
Last last rooting I did was with the Dinc. I was satisfied with the phone until the JB update and now it sucks.
Issues with the JB now.
Radio is crappy now with 4G now having the connectivity it had. And downrite no connection in places I used to have.
Phone continually loses the sound settings for ringtones and notifications. Silent is not what I selected. It resets the sound selection randomly.
Do I currently have a rooting option on this phone?
khw1959 said:
The phone stats:
Razr Maxx 98.72 16 XT912.Verizon.en.us
4.1.2 version
CDMA_N05.2100r LTEDC_09.1d.00
build Number 9.8.20-72_vzw-16
I have did the search with allot of reading and am now more confused of what I have in my hand.
Last last rooting I did was with the Dinc. I was satisfied with the phone until the JB update and now it sucks.
Issues with the JB now.
Radio is crappy now with 4G now having the connectivity it had. And downrite no connection in places I used to have.
Phone continually loses the sound settings for ringtones and notifications. Silent is not what I selected. It resets the sound selection randomly.
Do I currently have a rooting option on this phone?
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I am probably one of the last one's to reply to you as I am basically new to rooting, and having only flashed one rom so far on my Razr Maxx. Having said that, and given that you haven't received a reply yet, let's see what I can offer.
Based upon what I know it looks as if your phone received the official OTA update because of the "16" just before the XT912. You can definitely root your phone on JB. I used the Razer Blade method which can probably be found on this board or elsewhere. Once you accomplish your root and have all of the necessary "tools" at your disposal, such as Titanium Backup (although I hear that Carbon is pretty good too, your choice), Safe Strap, etc., etc. then you are ready to go. I have noticed that the performance of my device is somewhat different with a new rom. I am using the Aviator rom.
Pay close attention to which roms you consider. There is a difference between CDMA and GSM as well as the 16 an 8 (8 being the Xmas update to JB). In fact also make sure that you are only using JB based roms and not ICS. Clearly there are others that can help you with this more than me, but I am only going by my very recent experience, even up through my first flash today! Therefore, do all the reading that you can and I hope that this was helpful. Good luck with it!
THX for the reply. I have spent a few more hours doing research across the web and have settled on the suggestions you had made. I am updating the Dinc(CM7) now incase I brick the Razr. My quandary was determining the style(Ver) of phone I had and rooting it correctly. Now to un-learn the rooting I did on the Dinc and use the newest flashing techniques.

[Q] Need some help with this phone...

Okay so a bit of a back story. I bought this phone for my dad for his birthday one year ago. And so far he's loving it, but now he's run into some problems.
The main issue is, for some reason the wifi signal strength on his phone has gotten worse. It used to catch the wifi signal at a place in my house till maybe a week ago, but now it doesn't. Because of this he used almost 1 GB above his data pack this month (unknowingly, of course).
Since my dad is using it, he's running everything pure stock. No root, no recovery, no custom ROM, no nothing. Now I checked this forum and saw that you guys have ported a stable KitKat build to this phone (congrats, BTW!). What I want to know is, does this come with a new radio too? And will this new radio help in receiving slightly better wifi strength? He gets the signal up to 5 meters away from his room, so all I need is to increase the range by just 5 meters.
So can you guys recommend some stuff? Either a new ROM/radio, maybe an app (but I don't think these work, right?)... But please recommend only fully stable builds. My dad is not tech savvy so he won't understand what to do when there's a bug.
Thanks!
Hello.
I am not a very seasoned developer but I have flashed many Roms on my Canvas HD. So firstly you mentioned that your phone hasn't been rooted. There are plenty of tutorials available online to root your phone. To flash Roms, mods root is a must.
And yes, Roms do improve WiFi connection, phone speed, and in some cases even the battery life. Its all a matter of priorities, whether you want the newest version of android or longer battery usage. Since you need it for your dad, I recommend flashing any jelly bean ROM. It will be stable and perform well as a daily driver. Your WiFi speed and range will also improve because of the ROM tweaks. Hope that helps!

Back to the future: Restoring an old survived Atrix 4g

Hello all, just got my hands on my old atrix (after just moving houses) and was in awe with how it used to function and work.
First ones with fingerprint scanning and webdock. Love it and would like to find ways to explore it.
Just that, now 9-10 years since - is the community or resources still available? Shouting out in this room to see if there are any passerbys or enthusiasts who could share a tip or two.
I'm having issues connecting with wifi on my atrix 4g now. Hoping to find a stable rom that has wifi and webdock access to toy around with it.
Any help would highly be appreciated!

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