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#41 mr4r4n

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 06:37 PM


What about if it's done like the unbrick utility for the old razr where it tattoos and update is immediately applied?

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#42 arcanexvi

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 06:16 AM

Ok. So after a day of screwing around with it here's a compiled list of changes:

- OTA Rootkeeper does retain root.
- Oh my god. Finally the lag beast is gone. Stuttering on the home screen is gone for the most part and just general operation is much smoother. My OG RAZR is no longer faster than my my HD... Memory management is much better as apps that used to slow the phone to a crawl over time no longer do so. Notification shade no longer stutters. This was the one major thing I wanted out of the next update and I got it.
- Call quality is indeed better. Louder and clearer. Noticeably so.
- Camera is better but it still isn't going to be blowing you away.
- Face unlock has been overhauled (I'll be honest this may have happened in JB but I haven't played with it since ICS) and liveliness check added (blink to make sure it's not someone holding a photo up to the camera).
- Bloat changes (whatever verizon...) but can still be disabled even without tibu.
- New radios should give better connectivity but I live in a strong signal area so someone in another area will have to verify.

Cons:
- Cannot be rooted (yet)
- Cannot roll back to ICS
- My girlfriend can no longer tease me that her phone (my old RAZR) functions better than my HD. Wait... That's not a con :-P
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#43 droidian1441

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 07:14 AM

My new Maxx HD Will be here later. Am curious to try the update. Hopefully I see the same improvements you all have. :D

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#44 trikotret

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 09:56 AM

anyone else notice if the lag is gone with this new update. I cant tell lol

#45 jtommyj

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 02:13 PM

Yeah I definitely noticed lag has all but disappeared.

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#46 adamjmtz

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 02:39 PM

Someone posted earlier that safestrap was bugging out after the update. Is anyone else having this problem, or are custom roms working?

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 02:46 PM

Someone posted earlier that safestrap was bugging out after the update. Is anyone else having this problem, or are custom roms working?


I installed the update 9.16.6 manually and temp unrooted before hand then restored root with no problem. SS 3.12 did not work after that but I just uninstalled and reinstalled and it works fine... Roms flash fine and everything is working as it should.

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#48 trikotret

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 05:43 PM

Welp, found my answer.


Does that mean an update to your ROM coming soon :)

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#49 mysmartone

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 06:49 PM

Someone posted earlier that safestrap was bugging out after the update. Is anyone else having this problem, or are custom roms working?

SS12 is working perfectly after the OTA, and custom roms are fine.

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 07:05 PM

I ended up using Matt's utility to downgrade to 4.0.4 ics, root it, voodoo it and then upgrade to 4.1.2 jb. Kept root and running like butter.



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Posted 19 March 2013 - 07:08 PM

Does that mean an update to your ROM coming soon :)

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Well not exactly. I haven't even gotten the update yet, so I'm just preparing for when I do get it. My wheels are starting to turn again, though.
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#52 trikotret

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 07:16 PM

Well not exactly. I haven't even gotten the update yet, so I'm just preparing for when I do get it. My wheels are starting to turn again, though.


Just download it from another source :)

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 08:29 PM

Just download it from another source :)


Done. Temp unrooted, installed from sd card in stock recovery, restored root, uninstalled/reinstalled safestrap... All is good.

Can't report much improvement so far, but wake-lock seems improved.

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 08:35 PM

Done. Temp unrooted, installed from sd card in stock recovery, restored root, uninstalled/reinstalled safestrap... All is good.

Can't report much improvement so far, but wake-lock seems improved.


Hopefully the new kernel has improvements :)

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 11:43 PM

I downloaded the update and tried installing it from stock recovery but it failed/aborted. Tried installing it with safe strap and it says successful but under about phone it still says 4.1.1

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 11:50 PM

I can't update from the file on my SD card. The problem is with my Google Play Music app. Before this, I removed the stock Play Music app and replaced it with the market version (and made it a system app).

When attempting to update, it says:

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Can I simply rename the apk file to Music2.apk? Or will I need to use the actual apk that came stock?

EDIT: I tried renaming the system app to Music2.apk and it still failed.

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Posted 20 March 2013 - 05:07 AM

Matts RazrHD utility 1.10

can anyone tell me if this would work on an original Razr and the why or why nots

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#58 Memnoch73

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Posted 20 March 2013 - 05:14 AM

Matts RazrHD utility 1.10

can anyone tell me if this would work on an original Razr and the why or why nots

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#59 nvma92

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Posted 20 March 2013 - 05:26 AM

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thans tho i should have mentioned that im already on jelly bean and im trying to roll back to ICS
Note: phone got rid of all root when it did the 4.1.2 update, wiped data and reset to stock

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Posted 20 March 2013 - 05:36 AM

thans tho i should have mentioned that im already on jelly bean and im trying to roll back to ICS
Note: phone got rid of all root when it did the 4.1.2 update, wiped data and reset to stock


There is no going back to ICS. If you are looking for JB root it is in the same Utility I gave you

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