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[flyinraptr]

Hey Everyone,

Just joined .... have owned a Razr Maxx for several months now - love it but ready to try some new roms. I have yet to even root it yet. I previously had a Droid2 which i tried various roms and can say that they were considerably better than the stock rom. I wanted to get familiar with Razr Maxx and give the stock rom a fair shake down before venturing to something else. So i guess the first step is to figure out how to root it with ICS and then pick a rom to try out - any tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[Aliceics]

I had my Maxx rooted for about a week before starting ROMS. Just like you said, I wanted to venture around stock and see how it was.

So assuming you're on the official ICS, go download Matt's Utlity 1.81 and you can use that to root your device. Very easy, just follow the directions.

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[flyinraptr]

Thanks- will give it a try. Had been satisfied with stock rom except for occasional streaming video issues but since going to ICS- seems to have gotten worse. Just tried resetting to default- still see issues- so more than ready. What rom do you currently favor?

[flyinraptr]

So thus far i have successfully rooted my Razr Maxx and have installed the Eclipse ICS rom - very nice!

[Aliceics]

So thus far i have successfully rooted my Razr Maxx and have installed the Eclipse ICS rom - very nice!

Nice . I ran Eclipse for a while. I'm currently on Arctic and I love it.

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[flyinraptr]

There were a lot of good comments re: Eclipse so i thought i would start with that one - will have to keep Arctic in mind. Unfortunately, still plague with some video streaming issues with ICS. Have re-installed flash, tried 3-4 browsers - will have to start poking around and see if i can find a resolution.

[Aliceics]

There were a lot of good comments re: Eclipse so i thought i would start with that one - will have to keep Arctic in mind. Unfortunately, still plague with some video streaming issues with ICS. Have re-installed flash, tried 3-4 browsers - will have to start poking around and see if i can find a resolution.

The only reason I left Eclipse is I was curious about Arctic . Flash is pretty weird on ICS, have you tried Boat Browser? Flash works fine for me on that.

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[flyinraptr]

Haven't tried Boat browser - will give it a try. Looks like other folks having the same issue - unfortunately a couple of sites i rely on still use flash - ugh. Hopefully they will get with the program soon and dump it. BTW - ran across the thread about ICS - and only using 1 CPU - there was a tip re: ROM Toolbox to set the cpu to HotPlug versus interactive - gave it a try - noticeable difference on my phone.

[flyinraptr]

Boat browser is sweet!!!!!!!!!!! Very fast - still having flash issue - wonder if something stepped on the flash install - gonna try uninstalling and re-installing once more.

[Aliceics]

Boat browser is sweet!!!!!!!!!!! Very fast - still having flash issue - wonder if something stepped on the flash install - gonna try uninstalling and re-installing once more.

Well flash in general for ICS kind of sucks

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[flyinraptr]

Yep. It's weird a video on same site plays fine but web cam will not. In any case- this is a great site- glad i found it!

[Aliceics]

Yep. It's weird a video on same site plays fine but web cam will not. In any case- this is a great site- glad i found it!

Yeah, lots of friendly people and you almost always have an answer to your questions.

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