I don't have an answer, your post just reminds me of all the settings changes this razr maxx HD makes on its own, without asking or alerting me. I like the phone when it works properly, which is inconsistent. The Circles app has changed its weather location...the battery meter has disappeared...sometimes the camera saves pix to internal, though settings changed to external microSD. Then, there's the lag problem where filling the home screen is painfully slow, just a few days after clearing cache partition; which has to be done 1-2 times per week (which is unacceptable, in my mind.)
This is my fourth Motorola android and I never had these problems with my others; until Jelly bean pushed out. No I don't find Google Now useful, just frustrating and of no interest. Google took away the moto sync feature and forced google music to occupy the internal drive of 8 GB. Kicker was when VXW replaced my Droid Razr Maxx with this HD version; when applying the screen protector, I apparently cracked the glass screen using a squeegee to get out bubbles. VZW charged me $300 claiming I broke the phone after only three days using it. Several VZW reps wouldn't consider my position, which was that the phone should not have broken through normal use of three days. Ironically the only reason I allowed VZW to replace my razr maxx with the maxx HD, was their promise of improved performance and no lagginess; but now the HD is more laggy than the razr maxx.
So at this point I'm so frustrated with Motorola phones, I've even considered the iPhone 5S as I don't hear complaints about it; Think I may try the Samsung Galaxy 4.
Any thoughts of other androids to try?
