[Q] Moving from Sprint (HTC Evo 4G) to Verizon (Motorola Droid Razr Maxx) - Motorola Droid RAZR

I've been with Sprint for over 10 years, the last 2 of which I've had an HTC Evo 4G (rooted). I'm looking to switch over to Verizon in the next week or so and I'm leaning towards the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx (unless someone has a better suggestion for a top-of-the-line Android offering). I'm looking for some advice/suggestions on how to make the switch - I have Titanium Backups for all of my apps - is it possible to restore these on the Droid Razr Maxx if I root this too? Also, I'm very used to HTC Sense on the Evo 4G - how will this impact the switchover, and is it possible to flash a Sense ROM on this new Verizon phone? Sorry if any of these questions are dumb, I've been stuck in the Sprint world for so long, I don't know what's going on outside of it.
Thanks for any help in advance!

The maxx is a very good phone and I would highly recommend it. And I've tried almost every top tier android phone on Verizon.
As for titanium backup you can do it. Just put the same sd card in and make sure your path is set to it.
As for sense, you can't install a sense rom. Best you can do is use a third party launcher with a theme and download some third party widgets .
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[Q] why is there no motorola cliq 2 development

hi forum im just wondering why there is no thread for the motorola cliq2 its not fair i had to buy a mytouch 4g so i can change roms we have the defy and the droid razor for asop sake and the razor is brand spanking new so i just wanna know if anybody can answer me that will help
aliamin86 said:
hi forum im just wondering why there is no thread for the motorola cliq2 its not fair i had to buy a mytouch 4g so i can change roms we have the defy and the droid razor for asop sake and the razor is brand spanking new so i just wanna know if anybody can answer me that will help
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You should ask that (or at least bring up the matter) here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301121.
Rom development is kicking off nicely for the Cliq 2. CM7 is ported nicely to the phone, and works perfectly fine. Probably better off then most other phones.
Why there isn't a section for it, I don't know. You already have to option to install Leaked Gingerbread or CM7. From what I've heard, MIUI is on it's way.

[Q] Blur versions of photon vs d3/bionic/razr

Hiyo all !!
Actually I was just curious if there is some kind of version upgrade on Motoblur (oops Motorola's application platform to be exact) between that of photon 4g than other moto qhd devices recently launched like that of bionic , droid 3 and the sweet droid razr.
I am sure almost all of you who have seen both device might have found that there are some minor changes like horizontal paginated drawer on droid 3/bionic versus vertical continous that of photon and some extra widgets in d3/bionic's version.
These changes doesn't matter much to me, but one thing that does matter is that MAP (or as well can blur) on D3/bionic seems much seemless,swift and lagfree to me then on stock photon.
This got me curious if ther is a new version of MAP on these new devices like Razr/bionic and if it is , is there any way to port that from these devices and get on our beloved photon.
Can some of the dev's investigate on this and let me know if its possible. I tried to google it (this is all I can do really !!) but couldn't find any answers.
Thanks in advance !!!
Posted it in Q&A section as soon as I realized I am in the wron section. Sorry for the confusion. Please continue discussion on this in q&A section.
Thanks

Don't root your Razr, why rooting?

Hi Everyone,
I know may be you don't like my thread's name, It is my opinion and I want to know your opinion.
The reason why I'm asking this, simply because I rooted my Razr XT910 to ICS and I really regret. You will tell me , unroot, sure I can do. But I want to pass my experience and to everyone cannot wait to root his Razr.
Ok my reasons are as follows:
1- If you are not very careful you simply can lose your phone
2-After rooting from 2.3.6 on Razr XT910 to ICS 4.0.4 and after the tension because of my mistake and was going to lose my Razr, I found the ICS very basic not much to add to UI. Meaning no widgets like contacts favourites and many others so simply you have to keep installing apps either free or buying not like the original 2.3.6.
3- Not fast as expected
4- No enough support for the Razr XT910 very minimal. Everything is for Droid Razr XT912. I did a mistake by installing a rom for Droid Razr and it blocked my phone and I had to use RSD to install SBF.
5- Themes are very poor
Again guys this is a personal opinion, just wanted to share it with you and to think twice before rooting you Razr XT910
My ROM is Razr-AOKP-GSM-J.Y.Daddy
BTW, I tried Eternity project for Razr XT910 and I got Installation aborted message and again no help in its thread how to overcome the issue
There is more to rooting a phone then just install roms.
Some programs need root to give all the benefits they have, like Rootbrowser, System tuner Pro and SetCPU.
With a rooted phone I can set my cpu level during day, work hours and night.
I can freeze and unfreeze bloatware, make backups and optimize my phone as I like to with or without a rom.
That's why I got it rooted.
Mataraty said:
There is more to rooting a phone then just install roms.
Some programs need root to give all the benefits they have, like Rootbrowser, System tuner Pro and SetCPU.
With a rooted phone I can set my cpu level during day, work hours and night.
I can freeze and unfreeze bloatware, make backups and optimize my phone as I like to with or without a rom.
That's why I got it rooted.
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Great thanks for sharing. To add more benefits for everybody why don't you add more explanations on how to do these things.
The current ICS roms are built for GB kernel.. Pretty impressive really..
Also wrong section
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FrAsErTaG said:
The current ICS roms are built for GB kernel.. Pretty impressive really..
Also wrong section
Sent from my XT910 using XDA
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First of all, thanks for your help earlier you saved my phone from crashing.
Second, I thought the development section is the proper one to discuss rooting matter. Or what do you think?
In addition, how many stable roms are out there for XT910 same like yours. Please mention some.
Thanks
flupo2000 said:
First of all, thanks for your help earlier you saved my phone from crashing.
Second, I thought the development section is the proper one to discuss rooting matter. Or what do you think?
In addition, how many stable roms are out there for XT910 same like yours. Please mention some.
Thanks
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No, that belongs in the General section. If you want to discuss a rooting that you did in the Development section, then you would comment on the thread where you received your information for the ROM you chose to place on your phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1344531
....Wow, just wow. *palm to forehead*
@flupo: You have a rogers razr, I'm guessing, which is why you can't get the leak. Give it time, you'll get real ics. Really can't believe you felt the need to make a thread about this lol.
I have the Rogers Razr as well and I'm running J Daddy's custom CM9. Works very well as a daily driver. I don't have a need for bluetooth and I can live without the video recording function. All users understand that these builds are in development and do not provide all the functions flawlessly. So your only options are to wait for an official build from Motorola or hope that somehow a bootloader bypass/unlock comes around that will allow us to use the kernel+radio from the Chinese/European ICS and have a ROM that is more streamlined than the current development builds.
Rooting is not the same as installing a ROM. Updating from GB to ICS is installing a new ROM which has absolutely nothing to do with "Root" in most situations.
Root is the Linux way of saying Admin Account. With "root" access to a phone, you literally have permission to do anything you want, install anything you want, remove anything you want, and run anything even if it requires permissions that are normally rejected on a unrooted phone.
Apps that require root that I use on a regular basis: TitaniumBackup, AdFree, Terminal Emulator, WiFi Tether, and ES File Explorer. There are many others. None of these have anything to do with installing ICS or not.
Your thread title is misleading and it is in the wrong forum. Developers create threads in the Development section, only. You can reply to one of their threads if appropriate, but to create a new discussion on something it should be in General.
You should read through a lot more threads, ask questions in the general section, and generally understand a lot more before you start trying to modify your phone like this. That should be the warning you tell people. People shouldn't just jump in and start modifying their phone's OS until they know what OS, Root, ROM, and a bunch of other terms mean and what they do.
Lol.I have a galaxy nexus i root the day i got it,i also have a Droid razr maxx that I haven't root yet.Thanks for this thread I'm diff not going to root now.
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Wrong section.
Root 'n rool!
lol
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Dont tell people not to root when your not knowledgable on this stuff
Ohh Canadians, Canadians.....
pedrotorresfilho said:
Wrong section.
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Wrong topic :-D
Everyone remember that guy in class that would stand up in the front of class and tell everyone not to do something because it was "wrong?" even though he didn't even know why himself?
This thread actually happened...
this thread was brought to you by an educational system somewhere on THIS planet. We're sorry.
Lmfao^^^^^^
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Read carefully and thoroughly and you won't have a problem. Rush in and flash the first file you find and you'll quickly end up with a brick. Getting the most out of any device requires an investment time-wise, and if you're not prepared to make that investment you shouldn't be flashing anything.
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Thanks for sharing
Obviously from most of your comments, I did a mistake by making such a question in this section. Sorry about that but I thought it is the right one where people read about rooting.
Second, These are my previous smartphone list which I did rooting for all of them and it went fine with no crashes:
HTC Tytn 2
Sony Ericson Experia
HTC Touch Pro
HTC Diamond 1 and 2
HTC HD
HTC HD2
HTC Desire
So may be from the above you can see guys that I have some experience in rooting and I read a lot about it.
The reason for my thread was to raise the issue that there is no enough support for the great Razr especially XT910. As per Motorola support team whom I discussed with, the upgrade from GB to ICS is in the planing phase and might take about another 3-4 months.
Any how I tried to do that to see if I can solve the issue for having ICS on XT910 or not before selling it and go back to HTC with HTC One X.
Last, it will be great to have a professional forum that has talented people respect each other not like the respectable person whom said "ohh Canadians Canadians"
Everyone of those phones you listed are HTC devices including the Sony Ericson.
That's probably why you stuffed up because this is not a HTC device. Not to mention the majority are native windows mobile phones..
Do you know some one named planetone?
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[Q] Droid X2 = Milestone X2???

I am new to this and still trying to wrap my head around all the terms and process' but all in all I am confident in what I'm about to do. But! I wanted to ask a few questions first.
I have a Milestone X2 (already rooted) and a regional carrier (Carolina West Wireless) I want to make a Nandroid backup before messing with ROMS.
I am using ROM Manager and when I am trying to install some required components it asks me to confirm my phone model. The Milestone X2 is not listed, and I want to see if anyone thinks it would be safe to click Droid X2 or should I use another method of backup.
If anyone knows of any good tutorials that aren't too in-depth or similar situations please let me know.
Would this be a good guide?
Thanks in advance!
-Amir
Do not use ROM manager, it is not compatible with your phone
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I own a Droid X2 and all I know is that it is not the same as the Milestone X2. You can't use the same ROMs and mods for both. So whatever you use, make sure it is for your Milestone X2. Stick around here though for questions and tutorials. There are quite a few people in here that use the Milestone X2 and will help you out when they see your post. The link you posted looks like a process to use someone elses nandroid. I think anyway. The files in there look like the ones you would need to at least get started though. And It's been said but I will say it again. Dont use Rom Manager. Its more for unlocked phones. Any mods or ROMs you want on your phone, download them from here. Not Rom Manager.
I appreciate the response guys. I will not use any Droid X2 ROMs and will continue my search.
Damn regional carriers cant get a decent phone, if it wasn't so cheap.
Are there any ROMs that allow everything to work (wifi, 3g, camera) that are compatible with the Mx2? (Don't need anyone to go on a in depth search just seeing if its out there)
shariatiae said:
I appreciate the response guys. I will not use any Droid X2 ROMs and will continue my search.
Damn regional carriers cant get a decent phone, if it wasn't so cheap.
Are there any ROMs that allow everything to work (wifi, 3g, camera) that are compatible with the Mx2? (Don't need anyone to go on a in depth search just seeing if its out there)
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Yes, they are all in this forum. Just look in the development section. After our Droid X2 dev creates a ROM, someone with a Milestone X2 usually makes it for theirs. I think the Milestone has its own SBF file. But the Bootstrap recoveries are all the same I think. Again, dont rely only on what I say since I dont know much about the Milestone X2. But once you get a recovery working for you, you do a nandroid backup with that. I dont know if your new to Android or just this phone but you cannot uses just any file for your phone. It has to be made specifically for the milestone X2. Thats why I say stick to this forum and this forum alone because everything you need is in here. Just got to do a little searching and a lot of reading. Once you get confortable with everything, things will be really easy from then on.
jsgraphicart said:
Yes, they are all in this forum. Just look in the development section. After our Droid X2 dev creates a ROM, someone with a Milestone X2 usually makes it for theirs. I think the Milestone has its own SBF file. But the Bootstrap recoveries are all the same I think. Again, dont rely only on what I say since I dont know much about the Milestone X2. But once you get a recovery working for you, you do a nandroid backup with that. I dont know if your new to Android or just this phone but you cannot uses just any file for your phone. It has to be made specifically for the milestone X2. Thats why I say stick to this forum and this forum alone because everything you need is in here. Just got to do a little searching and a lot of reading. Once you get confortable with everything, things will be really easy from then on.
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The milestone has one sbf meant for ntelos so be careful. you can get other carriers to work with it if your lucky. as for the recoveries you use the exact same ones the dx2 users use. as for everything else search the development section for everything theyll be labled mx2 if they work with the mx2
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back up your apn settings
that is how you connect to your carrier
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Can someone help me with what to do as far as backup before installing a ROM on my Milestone X2? What does it mean to backup apn?
APN Settings
here is literally everything you need
99 percent of the info you will need is contained in this thread...
shariatiae said:
I am new to this and still trying to wrap my head around all the terms and process' but all in all I am confident in what I'm about to do. But! I wanted to ask a few questions first.
I have a Milestone X2 (already rooted) and a regional carrier (Carolina West Wireless) I want to make a Nandroid backup before messing with ROMS.
I am using ROM Manager and when I am trying to install some required components it asks me to confirm my phone model. The Milestone X2 is not listed, and I want to see if anyone thinks it would be safe to click Droid X2 or should I use another method of backup.
If anyone knows of any good tutorials that aren't too in-depth or similar situations please let me know.
Would this be a good guide?
Thanks in advance!
-Amir
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[Q] Verizon Razr Maxx 4.2 upgrade issues

I moved my thread from the Droid M forums to here as there is no Razr Maxx Specific forum:
I hope I am abiding by the rules of the forums and posting in the right place.
I have been a avid Android fan since the G1 and moved my company into the Razr Maxx when we left Sprint, (AWESOME MOVE).
Everything has been peachy keen until a few very minor issues with the 4.2 Jelly bean upgrade. Some folks have noticed that Voicemail says its logging in when you select the app and also the sound is very "tin-ee" and "echo-ee."
One other thing is that contacts in the contacts list have automatically been split. Is there an option to auto merge contacts?
Any feedback would be excellent, thanks in advance!

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