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[mattlgroff]

- The Team
* papi92
* Kebob - - - - - - I have taken over development for Matt since he no longer has a razr. If you have questions PM me. Thank you
* mattlgroff
* spc_hicks09
* EmericanX

- - -The Greats- - -
The base of The Arctic ICS is the 6.16.211 stock rom by Hashcode +Updated from 6.16.215. We have made it Deodexed, Zipaligned , Debloated, and removed so much bloat that this thing could float on water! Most of the MotoBlur apps have been replaces with smaller, more efficient Android Open Source Project apps such as but not limited to Gallery, Clock, Calendar, Calculator, Email, Messaging, Browser, and a modified Blur Camera by EmericanX that works with AOSP Gallery! We also have tons of juicy tweaks to make the best of your phone. Battery savers when you don't need it, performance increase when you do! Our Rom currently has the high scoring benchmarks of any other ICS Rom, including CM9!





- - -Known Issues- - -
One repeated setup screen. Easily ignored though.

- - -Downloads- - -
Artic215 v2.2:

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gapps:

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Blue ICS keyboard, by 24v:

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- - -Directions- - -
1a, Install 6.16.215 update from here:

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1. Install this in Safestrap 2.0 ICS over 6.16.211 OR 6.16.214 OR 6.16.215. I suggest wiping data, cache, dalvik cache, and system before flashing. (Data wipe is HIGHLY suggested from coming from any previous version of Arctic.)
2. Flash The Arctic ICS, (no more gapps they are integrated)
Leave your comments
Note: If you are coming from Arctic, Arctic 214 to Arctic215 and you installed GoogleEars like a normal downloaded app, uninstall it before flashing Arctic215.
Note2: If you have trouble with gapps or anything realated to google please install gapps.

- - -Testers- - -
Spydermaxx_brian
rickw
Thanks guys for finding all the errors in the endless barrage of updates I threw at you, and for help in finding many bugs.

- - -Change log- - -
Arctic215 Updates:
CpuSleep.apk is built in now, No need to flash it as a addon
GAPPs are now Integrated! So no need to spend extra time downloading them or installing
Everything is working well(At least to what the testers have reported)
Version is now 2.2 and is shown under build in settings->about phone
You can use 24vs keyboard but I may add it in just give some feedback on it and Ill let you all know

Arctic214 Updates:
* Updated to 6.16.214 base.
* Added Google Ears.
* Added AppWidgetPicker (when running a 3rd party launcher on stock moto ics that menu has white text on white background.. makes it a pita)
* Updated Superuser.apk and su binary.
Revision 1 Updates:

* Updated to 6.16.214 base.
* FIXED Google Ears
Revision 2 Updates:

* Arctic Penguin lockscreen (see my avatar for example)
* Build.prop modified to allow bypass of the ICS SetupWizard if you don't have a valid Verizon SIM card. (Thanks CellZealot)
Arctic "Cool" Lockscreen by mattlgroff: - Please note that the actual apps (Phone, default SMS, and Blur_Camera will have a message up icon in the actual app drawer/homescreen. The cost of a beautiful lockscreen.

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Screenshot for "Cool" Lockscreen (note this does not change wallpaper):





Stock ICS Battery 1% Mod:

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YOU MUST WIPE CACHE AND DALVIK, AND BE DEODEXED BEFORE USING ANY 1% BATTERY MOD.




-Officially Supported Flashable Mods for The Arctic
Sunkissed Arctic by AliceIcs -

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Blue Arctic by spc_hicks - <

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AOSP Lockscreen for Arctic by papi (As seen below) - <

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Edited by mattlgroff, 07 August 2012 - 12:18 AM.
Added Sunkissed Arctic

[trikotret]

First. As a crackflasher, I should flash this since its new

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[mugsy77]

Welcome back

[maj28]

Matt, can we get an update with a Mobile Hotspot/tether fix?

Tried on r1 and r2 (.214), keeps force closing as other users noted previously.

-jason (recent donor)


UPDATE: Tried removing and restoring app without data and also wiping the data with Titanium, no effect.

[ZombiePd]

Any help would be appreciated on how you get the ICS launcher to work on this ROM. I flashed it and can see it in root explorer. Permissions are set the same, but can not seem to get the stock launcher to work. woofin ROM by the way!!!!!

[dillanshives]

On first boot will this have the original lock screen, or the custom one?

Edit: Never mind, does anyone know where I can get a stock motorola lock screen that is flashable?

[androidlearner]

Are you going to lock the other thread? Also interested in the hot spot feature as that is what I use my phone for quite a bit.

Sent from my .214 Arctic Razr Maxx!

[Nnnnr12]

It says 2/11 but I don't see anything new.

Sent from my .214 leak razr on Arctic rom do you wanna get cut?

[Nightfury]

I have revision 2 on my droid razr already, new lock screen is soo nice! I like showing off I use the arctic rom with the A in center stating Arctic ;3

[bluex]

It says 2/11 but I don't see anything new.

Sent from my .214 leak razr on Arctic rom do you wanna get cut?

the other thread got messed up, he had to start a new one....

[ludi]

Sort of a double post... i fear it got lost is the mix of the last thread taking a dive...

Is it possible to change the user agent for the messaging app?

[The_Chupacabra]

Does exchange work on this Rom? I am having trouble getting it


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[mdcowby]

Love The Rom Think you can make the Notification icons bigger and not to be so dim. I don't know if you can mess with that or not.

[The_Chupacabra]

Nevermind about exchange, i was using the wrong server. Great ROM, only thing noticed was on my unsafe side, battery was at 71% and on Arctic it said 51%. Am i missing something?

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[Vithon]

If you (like me) like the stock messaging app better, download this:

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Then push it to /system/apps, run `chmod 644 /system/apps/Messaging.apk` in terminal/adb shell (or set permissions to rw-r--r-- in a file manager) and reboot.
You can freeze/delete the Arctic messaging app if you want.

[rackumrack]

I just notice that my build number says nothing about the Arctic rom. I downloaded rev2 but everything about this is the Arctic. Strange seems to be running good.... Also i use the sleep setting on smart actions due to my job and having to leave my phone on when I sleep the apk in the play store does not work on this rom any suggestions.

Sent from my ICS rooted Razr Maxx

[Collin James]

Sort of a double post... i fear it got lost is the mix of the last thread taking a dive...

Is it possible to change the user agent for the messaging app?

Are you wanting to use a 3rd party messenger in place of the stock one?

[Stvn2569]

Hey Matt, I'm rooted my Maxx, flashed the .214 update and I have safe strap installed with a backup on my external sd card. But I'm really new to the rooting and rom world I really want to flash your rom but I want to make sure that I have things where they need to be like for instance the backup that I have is it okay on my external sd card and after I wipe all that needs to be wiped and flash your rom do I need to wipe the same way that I did before I flashed your rom to flash gapps. I also have your 1.7 helper and I noticed that there is an option to un brick a bricked phone will that option still work with this version of ics?

[Stvn2569]

I forgot to ask coming from a stock rooted ics .214 on the safe side which version do I flashed v1 or v2?

[ludi]

Are you wanting to use a 3rd party messenger in place of the stock one?

I want to spoof the iphone user agent.
Just for testing purposes. My wife said any time she gets a text from someone using an iphone the text bubble appears as blue in her messaging app. Texts from non-iphones have a green text bubble. I just wanted to see if i could trick the iphone messaging app by setting my ua to iphone. It was possible on the GB builds... I just couldnt find a way to do it easy mode on ICS. I suppose i could edit the xml inside the .apk. I was just wondering if it was a setting i was overlooking.

[mdcowby]

I'm really lovin this rom just a ? can you put back the Emergency Contact ICE and Owner info Love having that cause I password my phone if not is there a way I can ad it into my phone.

Thanks

[Collin James]

I want to spoof the iphone user agent.
Just for testing purposes. My wife said any time she gets a text from someone using an iphone the text bubble appears as blue in her messaging app. Texts from non-iphones have a green text bubble. I just wanted to see if i could trick the iphone messaging app by setting my ua to iphone. It was possible on the GB builds... I just couldnt find a way to do it easy mode on ICS. I suppose i could edit the xml inside the .apk. I was just wondering if it was a setting i was overlooking.

Well it's not a setting in this rom, but I'm sure that there is an app or something out there that can do what you're looking for.

I'm really lovin this rom just a ? can you put back the Emergency Contact ICE and Owner info Love having that cause I password my phone if not is there a way I can ad it into my phone.

Thanks

Both of these features are already on this rom. I just tested it and I have both Emergency Dialer and Owner info. Look under settings/security

[Collin James]

Hey Matt, I'm rooted my Maxx, flashed the .214 update and I have safe strap installed with a backup on my external sd card. But I'm really new to the rooting and rom world I really want to flash your rom but I want to make sure that I have things where they need to be like for instance the backup that I have is it okay on my external sd card and after I wipe all that needs to be wiped and flash your rom do I need to wipe the same way that I did before I flashed your rom to flash gapps. I also have your 1.7 helper and I noticed that there is an option to un brick a bricked phone will that option still work with this version of ics?

Yes your backup is safe on your SD card. When flashing any rom your SD card will not be touched so all files are safe. (Though I recommend copying that backup to your PC in case it gets deleted or your phone is lost or stolen.)

Wiping everything once is enough. After doing a wipe then flashing the rom you do not need to wipe anymore, just install gapps directly after flashing the rom.

Yes, Matt's Utility will work with this rom.

Flash v2.

[bluex]

Hey Matt, I'm rooted my Maxx, flashed the .214 update and I have safe strap installed with a backup on my external sd card. But I'm really new to the rooting and rom world I really want to flash your rom but I want to make sure that I have things where they need to be like for instance the backup that I have is it okay on my external sd card and after I wipe all that needs to be wiped and flash your rom do I need to wipe the same way that I did before I flashed your rom to flash gapps. I also have your 1.7 helper and I noticed that there is an option to un brick a bricked phone will that option still work with this version of ics?

Your backup is fine on external. No only wipe everything once. You shouldn't have to worry about bricking it with safestrap. If you have an issue/problem on the safe side you just switch back to non safe an your stock .214 Ics is there.

I forgot to ask coming from a stock rooted ics .214 on the safe side which version do I flashed v1 or v2?

Those are just revisions, if you want the latest flash v2 since its the newest.....

[Stvn2569]

Thanks for the quick responses and for taking the time to answer my questions. Ok I'm going to try to get the nerve up to do it tonight. Oh yeah do I put the rom file and the gapps file on the external sd card or on the internal memory. Correct me if I'm wrong please, after wiping I go into apply zip from sd card then choose zip from sd card for both files wait I think I just answered my first question :-P but just to make sure can you let me know, as you can tell I'm new to this and very nervous. Thanks for your guys help.

[Collin James]

Thanks for the quick responses and for taking the time to answer my questions. Ok I'm going to try to get the nerve up to do it tonight. Oh yeah do I put the rom file and the gapps file on the external sd card or on the internal memory. Correct me if I'm wrong please, after wiping I go into apply zip from sd card then choose zip from sd card for both files wait I think I just answered my first question :-P but just to make sure can you let me know, as you can tell I'm new to this and very nervous. Thanks for your guys help.

You can put it on either because when you're in recovery and you select the option to select zip it will ask you if you want to choose from internal or external. Just remember where you put them.

[Stvn2569]

You guys are great I really appreciate your patience, understanding and help. Do I need to wipe in any specific order?

[Collin James]

You guys are great I really appreciate your patience, understanding and help. Do I need to wipe in any specific order?

No it doesn't matter.

[Stvn2569]

No it doesn't matter.

ok thanks

[bluex]

ok thanks

no problem, guess we were typing at the same time lol