Upgrading Jelly Bean to Kit Kat on Droid Razr Maxx XT912
I decided to upgrade my XT912 to Kit Kat. My earlier rooting and upgrade to CM10.2 provided a much better experience on the aging hardware (http://blog.trebacz.com/2014/05/eliminate-lockups-and-freezes-Motorola-XT912.html). This was my first time upgrading major versions of Cyanaogenmod (10.2 to 11) on my phone, so I was prepared for some unplanned issues. The upgrade went flawlessly and I lost noting in the process.
The procedure I followed was:
1. Download current cyanogenmod snapshot from here:
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=spyder&type=snapshot
2. Download Gapps for CM11
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps
I used the upgrade steps from Jack Stromberg's post here:
http://jackstromberg.com/2013/12/tutorial-rooting-and-installing-cyanogenmod-11-android-4-4-kitkat-w-google-apps-on-the-droid-razr-maxx/
I found I needed to modify the steps slightly for doing and upgrade from 10.2 using safestrap. It was all in the instructions, but you do have to read between the lin…
The procedure I followed was:
1. Download current cyanogenmod snapshot from here:
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=spyder&type=snapshot
2. Download Gapps for CM11
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps
I used the upgrade steps from Jack Stromberg's post here:
http://jackstromberg.com/2013/12/tutorial-rooting-and-installing-cyanogenmod-11-android-4-4-kitkat-w-google-apps-on-the-droid-razr-maxx/
I found I needed to modify the steps slightly for doing and upgrade from 10.2 using safestrap. It was all in the instructions, but you do have to read between the lin…