Jelly Bean leak comes to Verizon's Motorola DROID RAZR M

7. Zero0 posted on 13 Oct 2012, 17:46 3 0

I don't, but it looks like a solid phone. Top of the line processor, pretty good display (it is dwarfed by most flagships these days, though), nice design.

If my phone continues its streak of barely functioning, I might cave and buy this.

18. nyuvo posted on 13 Oct 2012, 20:51 1 1

I'm thinking the same. But in all honesty I think I'm going to go for the RAZR MAXX HD. I'm hoping it will have a much better camera and if so I'll be sold

19. Zero0 posted on 13 Oct 2012, 20:57 1 0

Hopefully I'll be able to hold out for a couple more weeks. I'll see what the supposed LG Nexus looks like, then make my decision.

Ideally, I want a device that's close to stock Android with quick updates. Since no such thing will ever exist on Verizon, I might have to settle for something easy to root and is well supported by ROM makers.

-Should have bought the S3 months ago

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8. KingKurogiii posted on 13 Oct 2012, 17:47 5 0

i do and i like it. :P

20. CellieCell posted on 13 Oct 2012, 22:29 0 0

ok, so looks like as i was d/l earlier at work i forgot about it. and it timed out on me from my phone. did anyone happen to save the file and can re post somewhere then message me the link? thank you.

21. KingKurogiii posted on 13 Oct 2012, 23:04 1 0

my email address is on my profile. send me an email and i'll send it to you in response.

24. CellieCell posted on 14 Oct 2012, 11:49 1 0

Thank you, but found the file on xda developers. I flashed it and did a quadrant benchmark, got a 5150! is very snappy. lol

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4. FAUguy posted on 13 Oct 2012, 16:45 5 0

No, the Razr M doesn't have to be rooted. I believe that there isn't a method yet on rooting the phone.

5. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 13 Oct 2012, 17:21 2 1

wow thats cool this seems like the easiest process to install jellybean ive seen thus far.......I wish all processes where like this!

9. KingKurogiii posted on 13 Oct 2012, 17:47 2 0

no, it's a signed update you can flash from the stock recovery.

16. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 13 Oct 2012, 20:37 1 0

cool im not too educated on flashing and rooting but I can follow these directions lol

17. KingKurogiii posted on 13 Oct 2012, 20:48 2 0

yeah, easy peasy, i did it in like 10 minutes half asleep. xD

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10. Berzerk000 posted on 13 Oct 2012, 17:50 2 0

It rolled out internationally a while ago. Not sure on the country specific versions though, but it should be coming soon. Motorola might beat Samsung to the punch, they promised it by before the end of December.

13. OptimusOne posted on 13 Oct 2012, 18:47 1 0

no this is only a test version. it hasn'tactually been release

there were samsung jelly bean test versions back in auguest. so moto isn't first

14. KingKurogiii posted on 13 Oct 2012, 19:14 1 0

he knows. if he thought it had been released he wouldn't have said "i swear my vengence IF the Razr M gets Jelly Bean before the SGS3...."

15. Wiki_jaan posted on 13 Oct 2012, 20:15 1 0

mine international S3 running official JB (updated last week).............

22. roldefol posted on 14 Oct 2012, 10:12 2 0

I look at other phones and I don't see subpixels :P

23. KingKurogiii posted on 14 Oct 2012, 11:31 0 0

oh really? well there are other phones out there with pentile displays (which btw really doesn't matter) but not one with an edge to edge display like this. :P

25. roldefol posted on 14 Oct 2012, 14:07 0 0

For the price, the Razr M is pretty sweet. Just don't mistake it for a premium phone.

It's all in your expectations. I for one wouldn't accept a PenTile display under 300 ppi, but I'm spoiled by my 341 ppi SLCD. I'd rather have the pixel density and a thicker bezel. We'll be seeing more and more edge-to-edge LCD phones soon though (see Optimus G/Nexus 4).

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26. KingKurogiii posted on 14 Oct 2012, 14:59 0 0

you realize the display is the only thing this phone really lacks in right? it may not be a premium phone but it can scratch most of your premium itches.

i got this from a warranty exchange so i'm not complaining. i'm not even sure i would go through the trouble to go from this to a Razr HD just because of the display because this thing is more than adequate in every other way. battery life is great on this thing. it gets me through the day with moderate use easily. i'll probably get something else later but i'm not exactly hurting with this especially now that it has Jelly Bean.

there's still a noticeable increase in how much bezel there is compared to how much is on the M.

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27. roldefol posted on 14 Oct 2012, 15:26 0 0

Oh, I know the HD has more bezel than the M, but bezels are shrinking everywhere. The M is a great design for a phone, but the screen is a letdown. I'm sure the battery life is great between it having a good size battery, the more efficient S4, and not having to address all those extra pixels. But the screen is the face of the phone, so I'd pass it right by for the bigger, more expensive HD.

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28. KingKurogiii posted on 14 Oct 2012, 15:35 0 0

i was actually talking about the LG Nexus. the display has never really mattered as much to me as it does to you roldefol. as long as it's close to 300dpi i'm good. performance and longevity always matter the most to me. i'm sure you'd take one for free though wouldn't you? :P

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29. roldefol posted on 14 Oct 2012, 19:07 0 0

Sure, I'd take a Razr M and donate it to a needy family member (say, an iPhone user ;) I wouldn't trade my Rezound for one though, because I'd be trading down on the display.

You were the one trying to convince me to get the Bionic last year when they offered early upgrades, right? I would have had serious phone envy when the 1-2-3 punch of Razr, Rezound and Nexus arrived. Whereas the Razr HD is the first Verizon offering in the last year to turn me green.

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30. KingKurogiii posted on 14 Oct 2012, 19:22 0 0

but it's so, so, so much more powerful. i get it, you have awesome eyes and you can see pixels real well but the Rezound is sooo weak, even when it came out it was underwhelming in terms of power and it's a brick with no battery. the display is all there is to the Rezound.

i dunno, i guess. the Bionic is still more powerful than the Rezound and it's version of ICS is way better than that Sense 3.6 trash that went around. my dad had one and i had one for a minute but we both sold them and got Razrs, a regular one for me and a MAXX for my dad. it wasn't so hard. look at my phone profile. all of that is the result of trading and selling to bury the cost of buying a different device.

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31. roldefol posted on 14 Oct 2012, 19:39 0 0

I was much, much happier with the Rezound after the upgrade to ICS/Sense 3.6. Even with an S3 it's noticeably smoother than Gingerbread. Yes, Sense is still intrusive, and the phone doesn't fly like S4 devices, but it is much improved (I actually prefer Sense 3.6 to 4.0). And I agree, the screen is the biggest asset of the Rezound, but it was and is enough for me. I like my pretty screens.

I agree about the crap stock battery though. Mugen Power gave my phone a new lease on life.

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33. KingKurogiii posted on 19 Oct 2012, 10:44 0 0

xD you're in the Fastboot Recovery screen. with the phone powered off you hold down Vol Up & Down + Power and you should see a list of options in a white font on a black screen. you go down to "Recovery" using the Vol Down key and select it by pressing the Vol Up key.

34. countdread posted on 19 Oct 2012, 10:49 0 0

I do that. And then it shows the Motorola Logo, then goes to that screen. And p.s. I'm rooted, I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

35. KingKurogiii posted on 19 Oct 2012, 11:13 0 0

somehow what you're doing is going to the option below the "Recovery" option called "AP Fastboot" what you're supposed to see if you're doing this right is the Motorola Logo and then the dead Android.

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36. countdread posted on 19 Oct 2012, 11:25 0 0

Do you know why that's happening? Do I need to turn fastboot off in the settings?

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37. countdread posted on 19 Oct 2012, 22:06 0 0

Thank you for trying to help, turns out that I just had to restore my phone. And now its working :D

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39. KingKurogiii posted on 22 Oct 2012, 14:46 0 0

yeah, 20 minutes and it's perfect. do it.

41. KingKurogiii posted on 30 Oct 2012, 12:28 0 0

just use the root exploit on JB...
and next time protect your root with Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper.

42. Cache posted on 30 Oct 2012, 13:37 0 0

umm.. english translation please?

43. KingKurogiii posted on 30 Oct 2012, 13:44 0 0

do the same thing you did to root your M on JB as you did on ICS.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsIm9yZy5wcm9qZWN0dm9vZG9vLm90YXJvb3RrZWVwZXIiXQ..

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44. Cache posted on 30 Oct 2012, 13:55 0 0

I said that I just did that. It did not work at all. Now I am lost in my own terrifying unrooted abyss of bloatware and a lack of administrative privileges...

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45. KingKurogiii posted on 30 Oct 2012, 14:11 0 0

you might have to replace the Superuser.apk and the su files. just download the "Rootzipfile" from the "Installing a recovery and rooting your Dev Razr-M" article on aosp.us and replace the "Superuser.apk" and the "su" files that's in the folder you're running the script from with the duplicates in the zip file you just downloaded.

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46. Cache posted on 30 Oct 2012, 14:32 1 0

OK, so I bypassed your last step and went back to the one before that. I used the OTA RootKeeper with the method that I had first used and bam! It kept the root and now I am once again rooted. Much appreciated King!!

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48. KingKurogiii posted on 02 Nov 2012, 11:11 0 0

this is fastbootable so you can go back to ICS if you have to.

49. jodynron posted on 03 Nov 2012, 08:27 0 0

I'm sorry I must of misunderstood....if i don't go back to ICS will I still receive OTA update when I have this jellybean leak?

50. KingKurogiii posted on 03 Nov 2012, 12:13 0 0

it depends on if this leak IS the OTA version.
if it is then you were just ahead of the curb.
if it isn't you'll have to fastboot back to ICS to get the OTA. it's just a minor process.

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