[ale] Moving my phone into the 20th Century

Thu Apr 18 10:17:34 EDT 2013

http://www.webgyaan.com/cm-10-jellybean-4-1-2-firmware-update-droid-razr-m.html

I stand corrected. 4.1.2 JellyBean from cyanogenmod IS available for Droid
Razr M. WooHoo!!!

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI: The (fairly) new Motorola Razr M model at Verizon uses a SIM card.
> It's not listed at cyanogen so I haven't worked on replacing the default
> load (love the idea of making room by dumping the facebook app!). The razr
> maxx uses a different chip than the razr m so a reflash may be an issue.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> A year ago I was in exactly your position.  I went to the CyanogenMod
>> site ( http://www.cyanogenmod.org) and looked at the phones they said
>> were compatible with the current release version. Then I went to the
>> Verizon site and did an inner join. That brought the choice down to 3
>> models.  I wound up with an HTC Incredible 2 which I rooted & installed CM
>> 7 on in a weekend or two.  It's been a rock ever since, and I have no
>> crapware installed by Verizon on it.  Most 3rd-party ROMS will allow you to
>> do tethering or personal wifi right from the OS; Verizon's build of Android
>> has this feature disabled.  In addition, there have been security scandals
>> related to software installed on proprietary Android builds -- another good
>> reason to beware of them.  (
>> http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/carrier-iq-what-it-is-what-it-isnt-and-what-you-need-to/,
>> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/ftc-orders-htc-to-fix-its-reasonable-security-failures-on-android/
>> )
>>
>> You should get a dual-mode (GSM/CDMA) phone if you can.  GSM and CDMA are
>> two competing mobile phone protocols; GSM is open, but CDMA is proprietary.
>> Alas, Verizon uses CDMA technology, so any phone you use with their network
>> must talk this protocol.  CDMA doesn't use the little smartcard gizmo (
>> "SIM card"), which means that a CDMA-only phone is tied to its carrier --
>> you cannot easily use it on any other cell phone carrier. With a GSM phone,
>> changing carriers is usually as easy as getting a new SIM card.  Most
>> European carriers use GSM , so if you're planning an overseas trip the GSM
>> capability is very handy.
>>
>> Be aware that your spiffy new smartphone is a significant security risk.
>> US law is still in flux over whether the police can confiscate and search
>> your smartphone.  As long as it is turned on, it will give anyone
>> interested very strong clues to your location, even with the GPS feature
>> turned off.  OTOH, watching my brother navigate with his smartphone in a
>> strange city was one of the things that persusuaded me to get one.
>>
>> As for development, your Development environment should be separate from
>> your production environment.  It's easy to pick up a used smartphone for
>> next to nothing -- they're even surprisingly easy to repair.  The dev tools
>> are all free and easy to find, and linux seems to be the environment of
>> choice  for using them.
>>
>> -- CHS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:41 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/17/2013 03:30 PM, leam hall wrote:
>>> > We have Verizon as the wireless carrier. Would like to get an Android
>>> based
>>> > phone on the chance I start doing programming on it. What phones are
>>> the best to
>>> > have for programming purposes?
>>> >
>>>
>>> Whatever Google sells, like the Nexus4.  Don't know if that is available
>>> unlocked for Verizon or not.  Mine is GSM.
>>>
>>> By stating with google devices, you prevent the network-provider delays
>>> in
>>> getting updated OS releases.  It also means you run the reference
>>> platform for
>>> Android.
>>>
>>> If you plan to run other firmware, then I don't know.
>>>
>>> Programming for Android isn't really performed "on the phone" - most
>>> devs use
>>> Eclipse on Linux or Windows for development and only use any specific
>>> phone for
>>> testing purposes.  While it shouldn't be necessary to have any specific
>>> Android
>>> phone for most application development and testing, there do seem to be
>>> phone
>>> that are modified by the cell companies which appear to introduce very
>>> noticeable incompatibilities.  Some programs don't work on some phones
>>> and I
>>> can't think of any reason beyond vendor customizations or terrible
>>> drivers for
>>> that to happen.
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