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Psych. I'm not leaving. I just haven't seen anyone make one of these posts about the spectrum so I wanted to do it for ****s and giggles.
Be patient. I'm sure we will get more development when ice cream is released on the bionic.
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Psych. I'm not leaving. I just haven't seen anyone make one of these posts about the spectrum so I wanted to do it for ****s and giggles.
Be patient. I'm sure we will get more development when ice cream is released on the bionic.
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i was going to say....of all the phones you picked the spectrum?
haha
it has the hardware but all the previews made it look laggy
I went the store yesterday to check it out, it was very solid. Love the screen and it very solid built. It wasn't laggy at all compared to the CES demos videos.
If you recall, the early bionic previewed real laggy too...
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I had the LG revolution with its unlocked bootloader and hated it. I will never buy another LG again.
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honestly im about to go with other phone and the lg spectrum is my first choice.it could be laggy but is unlocked. I really started to hate my bionic and i about to throw it against the floor.This phone sucks!!!!
By the way im not blaming, complaining about any dev.Actually i think they are making an excellent work here.
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I had the LG revolution with its unlocked bootloader and hated it. I will never buy another LG again.
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I absolutely love mines when I have it running on
gingervolt 1.3
overclocked it to 1.5 with blitzkrieg 1.0
v6 superercharger rc4 script
some build prop mods
adrenaline shot v13
ics responsive tweaks
disable bytecode
I'm also getting 3900+ on antutu and 3000+ on quadrant
It's also very stable no screen freeze, no lag, no reboots, and it don't get that hot
I get 8hrs on stock battery heavy use, light - medium usage 10 - 15 hrs
Then I got the bionic for xmas so I gave it to a friend and she loves it too
Recently I helped her overclocked it to 1.9 with blitzkrieg 2.1 and she's getting 4200+ on antutu and 3400+ on quadrant
Battery took a hit though but still good enough to last her through 8hrs light - medium usage
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honestly im about to go with other phone and the lg spectrum is my first choice.it could be laggy but is unlocked. I really started to hate my bionic and i about to throw it against the floor.This phone sucks!!!!
By the way im not blaming, complaining about any dev.Actually i think they are making an excellent work here.
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Have you tried the 901 update or the eclipse 2.1 rc rom for 901?
Also did you try to overclock?
I'm on eclipse 2.1 rc and overclocked it to 1188 with extended battery and I absolutely love it. I get 17+ hrs on a single charge with heavy usage
With the 901 update it totally fix all the issues I had when on 893
I use to have BSOD every other day and have to pull battery, data drop every few hrs and have to toggle airplane mode to get data back, screen freeze also have to pull battery, losing apps when move to sdcard
But once I did the manual update to 901 the bionic has been great for about a month and fixed all the issues I had mentioned above
I highly recommend doing the 901 update as i see it makes the bionic be the device it should of been
Then I flashed the eclipse 2.1rc rom with safestrap, it improve the responsiveness and battery
Lastly I overclocked it to 1188 and it was amazing with what the bionic can do now how much quicker it respond
Now I really don't mind waiting next year for my upgrade. Till then there will be quadcores galore with hd display and who knows what the intel will bring to the market after seeing what their medfield chip can do and new lithium batteries that's 5-10x better than what's available now.
Hopefully moto/vzw will update it to ics and unlock the bootloader
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I absolutely love mines when I have it running on
gingervolt 1.3
overclocked it to 1.5 with blitzkrieg 1.0
v6 superercharger rc4 script
some build prop mods
adrenaline shot v13
ics responsive tweaks
disable bytecode
I'm also getting 3900+ on antutu and 3000+ on quadrant
It's also very stable no screen freeze, no lag, no reboots, and it don't get that hot
I get 8hrs on stock battery heavy use, light - medium usage 10 - 15 hrs
Then I got the bionic for xmas so I gave it to a friend and she loves it too
Recently I helped her overclocked it to 1.9 with blitzkrieg 2.1 and she's getting 4200+ on antutu and 3400+ on quadrant
Battery took a hit though but still good enough to last her through 8hrs light - medium usage
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Gingervolt wasn't out yet when I had the revolution. People were still trying to figure out how to make custom boot animations and rom development came to a standstill until LG released gingerbread. I was the most disappointed that more rom developers didn't jump on it with its unlocked bootloader, which was the only reason I bought it.
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honestly im about to go with other phone and the lg spectrum is my first choice.it could be laggy but is unlocked. I really started to hate my bionic and i about to throw it against the floor.This phone sucks!!!!
By the way im not blaming, complaining about any dev.Actually i think they are making an excellent work here.
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LG revolution also had an unlocked bootloader but rom developers didn't jump on it. We actually got more roms with our locked bootloader than they do with theirs unlocked. Be careful what you wish for because sometimes its not.what you want.
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Even though there's only a few roms for lg revolution at that time " homeless, revolt, decrap " but it's all good roms like the bionic there's only few roms also yet all still good.
Now with 901 there's only 1 true 901rom which is the eclipse 2.1rc and 3 other compatibles like the eclipse 2.0, liberty 2.0, and ics beta
My friends have the htc thunderbolt and they have many roms but only few is stable most are nightly builts and betas so you gotta stay updated and keep flashing
Coming from LG revolution which have very limited devs I learned as long as there's still support on the phone they can find ways to make the phone better and from what I know some of the devs there working on porting cm7/9 also
There will always have new phones that cause devs to jump ship but as long as the phone still have 1-10 devs remain they'll keep working on it
I think once ics comes out to bionic most dev will jump back in just like the lg revolution when gingerbread came out there's more activity there
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Have you tried the 901 update or the eclipse 2.1 rc rom for 901?
Also did you try to overclock?
I'm on eclipse 2.1 rc and overclocked it to 1188 with extended battery and I absolutely love it. I get 17+ hrs on a single charge with heavy usage
With the 901 update it totally fix all the issues I had when on 893
I use to have BSOD every other day and have to pull battery, data drop every few hrs and have to toggle airplane mode to get data back, screen freeze also have to pull battery, losing apps when move to sdcard
But once I did the manual update to 901 the bionic has been great for about a month and fixed all the issues I had mentioned above
I highly recommend doing the 901 update as i see it makes the bionic be the device it should of been
Then I flashed the eclipse 2.1rc rom with safestrap, it improve the responsiveness and battery
Lastly I overclocked it to 1188 and it was amazing with what the bionic can do now how much quicker it respond
Now I really don't mind waiting next year for my upgrade. Till then there will be quadcores galore with hd display and who knows what the intel will bring to the market after seeing what their medfield chip can do and new lithium batteries that's 5-10x better than what's available now.
Hopefully moto/vzw will update it to ics and unlock the bootloader
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thanks im going to give a shot to the eclipse 2.1 rom
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LG revolution also had an unlocked bootloader but rom developers didn't jump on it. We actually got more roms with our locked bootloader than they do with theirs unlocked. Be careful what you wish for because sometimes its not.what you want.
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You are right.i just get fustrated sometimes with locked bootloader last weekend i spent a whole day trying to unbrick my bionic. i had luck but i had a bad day too
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Seriously is this, what we can expect every-time a new phone hits the market !!!! "oh i think i am switching what do you guys think" just freaking switch already or go to the proper device forums and get advice from them we don't have the phone so we probably don't know much more than you do!!! Every week someone asks how about this phone come on man stop cludering our forums...
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Seriously is this, what we can expect every-time a new phone hits the market !!!! "oh i think i am switching what do you guys think" just freaking switch already or go to the proper device forums and get advice from them we don't have the phone so we probably don't know much more than you do!!! Every week someone asks how about this phone come on man stop cludering our forums...
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Yes, that is what we can expect so I made a joke out of it before someone did it seriously. I'm not switching my bionic anytime soon.
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Its a bit out of control
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Its a bit out of control
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I agree. I was kind of making fun of how every time a new phone is announced, we get these types of posts. Since things are slow, I decided to insert some humor into our community.
I believe things will pick up when ics comes around. I dont really have any issues with my phone so I'm able to be patient.
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Yes stock and I am pretty happy especially with 901 once a stable ics Tom is realesed I will definitely. Root then just wish it was closer than farther away
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Yes stock and I am pretty happy especially with 901 once a stable ics Tom is realesed I will definitely. Root then just wish it was closer than farther away
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For me, using stock is foreign. It just seems so un-android to me. But I've been rooting phones for 2 years now so rooting an android is second nature for me. Even if I'm not rommed up, I still need to root if only to get rid of bloatware. I support them putting bloatware on the phones, I just dont support them making it so you can't remove the bloatware without rooting. PCs have been putting bloat on for years but they let you remove it if you dont want it. I'm just wondering how many android users are stuck with let's golf on there phone just to never play it.
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For me, using stock is foreign. It just seems so un-android to me. But I've been rooting phones for 2 years now so rooting an android is second nature for me. Even if I'm not rommed up, I still need to root if only to get rid of bloatware. I support them putting bloatware on the phones, I just dont support them making it so you can't remove the bloatware without rooting. PCs have been putting bloat on for years but they let you remove it if you dont want it. I'm just wondering how many android users are stuck with let's golf on there phone just to never play it.
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Example fail. Lets Golf is the only piece of bloat you can uninstall without root.
Anyone ever flashed a RAZR rom to a BIONIC? I was thinking about doing one of these...
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/1050-aokpaxi0m-ab5kang/
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/2405-romcdmakoa-aokp-5282012/
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/2366-romcdmakoa-rom-any-leak-5282012-1122pm/
From what I understand, the two phones are pretty much identical hardware, but the RAZR has an overclocking feature on the processor. I don't think I'd brick the phone, not permanently anyway, as long as I have a NAND backup right?
the razr and the bionic are pretty much cousins in terms of the hardware department, yes.
i wouldn't risk it though, then again, i am used to HTC rom precedures, so, and i know there each htc phone is different, though the HTC evo is similer to verizon's old Droid Incredible, despite being two tottally seperate sizes.
From what I've read they have figured out RAZR's video recording, which is one of the big downfalls of the Bionic ICS roms right now - no video rec. Wanted to try it, but if I brick it, I will have to buy another...cash.
Thought I'd post a shout here in case anyone else had already been through the pain and suffering
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From what I've read they have figured out RAZR's video recording, which is one of the big downfalls of the Bionic ICS roms right now - no video rec. Wanted to try it, but if I brick it, I will have to buy another...cash.
Thought I'd post a shout here in case anyone else had already been through the pain and suffering
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it's the same way with the incredible and evo on HTC, and some other newer phones, the camera app crashes everytime and ends up resulting in a stream of force close errors.
IMHO, i'm not even going to bother with new OTA'S until the devs here cook up a de-bloated rom, same goes for ics, truth be told, Google owns a majority share of motorola mobility now, so we might see a quasi motoblur/vanila look.
Flashed RAZR AXI0M CMPLX from...just hung at black screen after Safe strap intro screen. Went into Safe strap and flashed the latest 'Bionic CM9 unofficial' and it booted. Bummer :-/
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Well, I will give you a E for effort. I have a bionic also and was going to try this too but so much for that. I will have to wait for official build in July or August. Sucks
Ok kinda on topic. On my DROID bionic (that I just got as a warranty replacement from the piece of trash called the DROID charge), I went from ICS to gb temporarily because I wanted to try liberty. I tried it and it was on. 8XX, so I decided to download a new rom. I went to download eclipse, and I accidentally downloaded the version for the DROID 3, and being me, I didn't notice. Wiped data, booted, and it said welcome to Droid 3. I was confused, but kept going. Anyway, everything worked perfectly, except for recognizing an sd card and the radio. And the DROID 3 hardware is much different than the bionic im pretty sure. Out if curiosity and foolishness, im going to go try and flash the razr aokp axiom rom. will report back.
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Ok kinda on topic. On my DROID bionic (that I just got as a warranty replacement from the piece of trash called the DROID charge), I went from ICS to gb temporarily because I wanted to try liberty. I tried it and it was on. 8XX, so I decided to download a new rom. I went to download eclipse, and I accidentally downloaded the version for the DROID 3, and being me, I didn't notice. Wiped data, booted, and it said welcome to Droid 3. I was confused, but kept going. Anyway, everything worked perfectly, except for recognizing an sd card and the radio. And the DROID 3 hardware is much different than the bionic im pretty sure. Out if curiosity and foolishness, im going to go try and flash the razr aokp axiom rom. will report back.
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Sorry for replying so late, but the custom ROMs do not contain radio data, so you'll need to revert to stock, upgrade to latest stock, THEN flash the custom ROM of your choice.
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rami98 said:
Ok kinda on topic. On my DROID bionic (that I just got as a warranty replacement from the piece of trash called the DROID charge), I went from ICS to gb temporarily because I wanted to try liberty. I tried it and it was on. 8XX, so I decided to download a new rom. I went to download eclipse, and I accidentally downloaded the version for the DROID 3, and being me, I didn't notice. Wiped data, booted, and it said welcome to Droid 3. I was confused, but kept going. Anyway, everything worked perfectly, except for recognizing an sd card and the radio. And the DROID 3 hardware is much different than the bionic im pretty sure. Out if curiosity and foolishness, im going to go try and flash the razr aokp axiom rom. will report back.
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I know this is a crazy thought.. but why not try this the other way around? The Droid 3 guys are desperate for ICS after learning that will be no official. All I can be sure of is that you will have to wipe data first. Im on my first phone,... so I cant personally do this.
A new build has leaked. Same security as 235/238 so no ability to fxz to 905 if you install it. Confirmed that it's still rootable. I've added a support file to my house of Bionic for it but don't recommend installing it if you're 232 or lower. I'm hoping this means soak within 3 weeks. We shall see.
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GRRR... These new leaks come out and I can't enjoy them. Its like watching all the other kids get ice cream except me. Haha.. no pun intended. I hope the soak test has started cause I'm tired of waiting and sitting on .232. Oh well, still better then being on .905
It's wise to wait. And no, soak should be 2-3 weeks. We hope.....
I am just curious if there is any noticeable difference from any of the earlier builds in 242. Hopefully this will be the official OTA and we can start looking forward to Jelly Bean leaks.....
That literally made me LOL. I didn't have any issues myself with any of the 235/238 leaks but I do know of at least one bug in smart actions that they hopefully fixed. I haven't had a chance to test it myself. Supposedly the big reason this build was done was for flash but someone was reporting issues with that already. I just pray it's OTA so we can get a new FXZ.
Personally I am still on 232 and will be here till the official update hits. Overall it works very well but every now and then it slows to almost a grinding halt for a few seconds. I've also had other random bugs such as media audio failing to work and Chrome hanging when its first opened if I try to scroll down a site too early.
I've had the media audio bug as well and it is quite annoying....
Would there not be some notice if a soak test had started?
Yes. It won't start over Labor Day weekend. I'm hearing rumors that they may fast track this thing though and soak as early as next weekend. I have my doubts. I'm figuring 2-3 weeks out at the earliest. I'd be delighted to be proven wrong on that....in the positive not negative side of that equation.
Just darn happy to see anything new trickle out. Has been darn quiet lately.
Any sign that a soak might be close is welcome!
Agreed!
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SamuriHL said:
A new build has leaked. Same security as 235/238 so no ability to fxz to 905 if you install it. Confirmed that it's still rootable. I've added a support file to my house of Bionic for it but don't recommend installing it if you're 232 or lower. I'm hoping this means soak within 3 weeks. We shall see.
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Is it possible that you could add a new mirror for House of Bionic, the four that I've found have all died by now.
Appreciate it.
Epsinyan said:
Is it possible that you could add a new mirror for House of Bionic, the four that I've found have all died by now.
Appreciate it.
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http://www.droidforums.net/forum/mo...wngrade-902-no-app-data-loss.html#post2173723
That is the main thread for HoB. The current links are always in the OP of that thread. Right now you get the 5.4 installer, 1.0 COMPONENTS, and whatever update/s you want support for (232, 235, 238, and 242 currently available).
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Personally I am still on 232 and will be here till the official update hits. Overall it works very well but every now and then it slows to almost a grinding halt for a few seconds. I've also had other random bugs such as media audio failing to work and Chrome hanging when its first opened if I try to scroll down a site too early.
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I am sticking with 232 as well & see those exact same symptoms -- and even with them, it's the best the phone has been since launch.
Those that stuck with 232 are pretty smart to do so. Best of both worlds. You get to play with ics while waiting for the ota. And when that comes out you have more choices. Either fxz back to 905 and start clean with the ota or those that don't want to lose data and apps can come see me in the house of Bionic and will be able to move forward from 232 without data loss. Gotta love options!
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not knowing the changelog, what is really fixed or updated or added, of new leak roms is the only thing bothers me
242 fixes all the known bugs from 238 that we've seen. I don't remember them all but there's a smart action bug if creating a rule using location that was fixed. Supposedly flash will work better now. And there was one more that I can't think of off the top of my head. So far I don't believe any new bugs have been found.
Sorry if this is a newb question but im reading about this leak everywhere and can't find it anywhere. Please help. I'm on .235 and would like 242
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Sorry if this is a newb question but im reading about this leak everywhere and can't find it anywhere. Please help. I'm on .235 and would like 242
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http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...wngrade-902-no-app-data-loss.html#post2173723
Please read fully. Links are in the post.
Some 242 testing:
Flash is much improved, with one caveat. If you used HoB and kept data, uninstall and reinstall flash. It is still available to download from the market, if you go via adobe's site on the web. Also, go into the Flash Settings and clear local content.
If we get word that this is the official ota, I will probably wipe data and start fresh any way.
Motocast says this device is unsupported (had the same issue on 238).
Why are the new roms not really based off the. 232. I see many roms with camera issues. (Stock. 232 AMAZING no issues)
Whose actively developing (This bionic forum seems very dead
Anybody know how to deodex the stock. 232 cause im craving some supercharging.
If anyone would like a hand with stock hotspot hack pm me ICS- GB
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Why? Because GB is old. ICS and JB are newer and will [should] perform better. That's the price we pay for having a locked bootloader. Besides there is development going on with all 3. Anyhow the dev's are active but not in all the forums (not here, though). Try the Bionic section over at droidrzr.com and I forget where the other is since droidhive went bye-bye.
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Why are the new roms not really based off the. 232. I see many roms with camera issues. (Stock. 232 AMAZING no issues)
Whose actively developing (This bionic forum seems very dead
Anybody know how to deodex the stock. 232 cause im craving some supercharging.
If anyone would like a hand with stock hotspot hack pm me ICS- GB
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Here is a deodexed 232...http://www.4shared.com/zip/hLX-O0NX/XT875-67232-DEODEXED.html?refurl=d1url
I did not make it and I can't remember who did..but they deserve all the credit.
Enjoy!
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I forget where the other is since droidhive went bye-bye.
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Here's where the hive landed
Xda sucks for the bionic, always has. You'll find better information other places. It doesn't help matters that the mods used to take down or move information some of us used to post to help people find what they need.
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Hey guys! My contract from verizon is running up and I desperately need a new phone; but I still have unlimited 4G and I'm not going to let Verizon contract me into another phone and lose it! HAH What a joke, 2gb a month for the "cheapest" option? No thank you. So I went ahead and ordered a mint condition Droid 4 for a nice price It should arrive this Friday
I'm upgrading from a Thunderbolt (the old girl served me well) and I cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot WAIT to have a physical keyboard back. I used to to be a Blackberry Curve and Tour owner back in the day before I made the switch to Android.
My question to you guys is, what ROM should I run? I want a full experience, so no non-working mechanics so I will be staying away from the broken camera roms, at least til they're stable. Also, what other things should I know before getting my new phone?
Thanks, and I hope to be part of the xda droid 4 owning family in a couple of days
captainstarbucs said:
Hey guys! My contract from verizon is running up and I desperately need a new phone; but I still have unlimited 4G and I'm not going to let Verizon contract me into another phone and lose it! HAH What a joke, 2gb a month for the "cheapest" option? No thank you. So I went ahead and ordered a mint condition Droid 4 for a nice price It should arrive this Friday
I'm upgrading from a Thunderbolt (the old girl served me well) and I cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot WAIT to have a physical keyboard back. I used to to be a Blackberry Curve and Tour owner back in the day before I made the switch to Android.
My question to you guys is, what ROM should I run? I want a full experience, so no non-working mechanics so I will be staying away from the broken camera roms, at least til they're stable. Also, what other things should I know before getting my new phone?
Thanks, and I hope to be part of the xda droid 4 owning family in a couple of days
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If your looking for bug free myfishbear's Eclipse ROM is probably the way to go. As for other things to know, you will need to root and install safestrap recovery in order to install ROMs. I recommend the Droid 4 Utility ICS Only. That will allow you to root and also has a function to install safestrap.
And welcome to the D4 forums!
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If your looking for bug free myfishbear's Eclipse ROM is probably the way to go. As for other things to know, you will need to root and install safestrap recovery in order to install ROMs. I recommend the Droid 4 Utility ICS Only. That will allow you to root and also has a function to install safestrap.
And welcome to the D4 forums!
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Thank you! I was seriously expecting responses like "buy a better phone" or something. Quick question; do I have to flash radios like I did with the Thunderbolt? If I get stock gingerbread OS, should I upgrade to stock ICS and then root? Or will it not make a difference?
Thanks!
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Thank you! I was seriously expecting responses like "buy a better phone" or something. Quick question; do I have to flash radios like I did with the Thunderbolt? If I get stock gingerbread OS, should I upgrade to stock ICS and then root? Or will it not make a difference?
Thanks!
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I love my D4 You do not need to flash radios or anything like that. If it still has GB on it I would go ahead and update to ICS first and then root. That way you don't have to mess with root keeper or anything like that.
Thanks for the reply again! I will upgrade to ICS then root
It'll be here tomorrow, can't wait!
I suggest rooting stock and freezing a bunch of the garbage ICS apps that you will never use.
Fwiw, I've recently bought a used D4 for the same reason
(High 5!) And have not installed a new rom. I've just rooted, mainly so I could freeze a few things and use rom toolbox's ad blocker. Not to take anything away from the devs who do great work, but personally I'm totally happy with the (rooted) stock ICS. I know JB is supposed to be snappier, but I'm not seeing any sluggishness anyway. Welcome to the D4 world-the keyboard is AWESOME, really.
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I'd prefer to install Eclipse rom because there is no bloat to freeze and it's really fast. Also, it gets rid of a few spy tools Moto and Verizon placed on the stock roms.
Moreover, when using safestrap (which is needed to flash a rom) you don't have to worry about screwing up your system because it prevents you from messing up the stock rom.
FedEx is terrible. My phone won't be here til tomorrow
Anyway.
I think I will try and use Eclpise first. It looks like what I am after
Another vote for Eclipse here
The JB ROMs, CM10, AOKP etc. are all very nice, but missing crucial features like camera flash and the HDMI port.
Does eclipse introduce any bugs? If it gives stock functionality without the stock bloat, I'll be changing my mind...
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Does eclipse introduce any bugs? If it gives stock functionality without the stock bloat, I'll be changing my mind...
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Not noticed any bugs.
I find the (optional, flashed separately) speed tweaks to really hurt battery life, but the basic ROM (plus olegfusion's GSM patch) works just fine.
Thanks! In that case I'll probably try it out when my semester ends and I have time to tinker.
I want to tag in here, I recently purchased this phone and im from the Netherlands. I read that the Droid4 will have stock JB (4.2) support. The thing is, I am dutch and the phone isn't unlocked. Now i've been trying to understand if the update is possible for me and if the update is out allready (cant find anything about it)
Little background info:
I've had the desire Z when it intially launched and it broke down last month. Been using the desire for a month and im going nuts! Really missing a physical HD and when I started googling it seemde that the droid4 is made for me, but not being sold in stores in the NL.
It depends... what are running right now? what are you looking for? performance or battery life??????????????
I have not seen any news that this phone will get 4.2, but Motorola currently has the device listed among those that will receive 4.1 at some point (no date scheduled, though). There has not yet been an official stock release of any form of Jellybean to the Droid 4 so far.
Sorry for the late reply, I got the phone now and I saw that Hashtag is one of the core dev's for 4.1/4.2 AOKP/CM10. The phone is unlocked when upgrading to ICS via WiFi, so thats not a worry. The problem is that I cant get the data to work, ive posted about it here
Fixed! Was blind and didnt see this post Ideal for GSM users
komani86 said:
Sorry for the late reply, I got the phone now and I saw that Hashtag is one of the core dev's for 4.1/4.2 AOKP/CM10. The phone is unlocked when upgrading to ICS via WiFi, so thats not a worry. The problem is that I cant get the data to work, ive posted about it here
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I've never had much luck with GSM/UMTS data on Hashcode's ROMs. Stick with something like Eclipse ICS for now until Hashcode's ROMs mature a bit.
if I were you, I'd also go for the eclipse rom.
I had installed the jb rom at first, but somewhen it got really slow and apps began to crash, I also lost connection with my carrier more often then with the eclipse rom that I've changed to now.
captainstarbucs said:
Hey guys! My contract from verizon is running up and I desperately need a new phone; but I still have unlimited 4G and I'm not going to let Verizon contract me into another phone and lose it! HAH What a joke, 2gb a month for the "cheapest" option? No thank you. So I went ahead and ordered a mint condition Droid 4 for a nice price It should arrive this Friday
I'm upgrading from a Thunderbolt (the old girl served me well) and I cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot WAIT to have a physical keyboard back. I used to to be a Blackberry Curve and Tour owner back in the day before I made the switch to Android.
My question to you guys is, what ROM should I run? I want a full experience, so no non-working mechanics so I will be staying away from the broken camera roms, at least til they're stable. Also, what other things should I know before getting my new phone?
Thanks, and I hope to be part of the xda droid 4 owning family in a couple of days
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I just recently got a used Droid 4 myself, and I have to agree with ECLIPSE. It was the first rom I installed (immediately after I got the phone), and I rooted/safestrapped with the ICS Utility. It was an absolute breeze, and ECLIPSE is running wonderfully.