I was just wondering why the atrix only has 3-4 roms while some other phones have what seems like hundreds..
thanks!
Locked boot loader
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Locked bootloader, it kept many devs away from the atrix in the first place cuz Motorola is the only manufacturer that can make dual core lag
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I got a reply from a mod on the moto forums regarding the unlocking of the bootloader
Here it is
Nope no Motorola phones have unlocked bootloader solutions at this time. Motorola XOOM tablet is the only device currently. As providers allow certain devices will get the capability enabled.
Oh fun.....so ya if there is anything i can do to start helping devs get us a fully functional unlocked bootloader ...plz let me know...cause it doesnt sound like moto is gonna help us out anytime soon
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Not surprised.
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It's not like I didn't see that coming. lol
Can we be clear..the bootloader has been unlocked on the photon ..but it breaks wimax 4g to be unlocked
So if you do not use wimax or have wimax in your area...unlock
Oddly with the way wimax vs lte is going and wimax coverage area to loose just one thing,wimax to unlock is looking less an issue.....do I want my wimax...yes
..but i can unlock if need..but i do want both
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redhatter said:
Can we be clear..the bootloader has been unlocked on the photon ..but it breaks wimax 4g to be unlocked
So if you do not use wimax or have wimax in your area...unlock
Oddly with the way wimax vs lte is going and wimax coverage area to loose just one thing,wimax to unlock is looking less an issue.....do I want my wimax...yes
..but i can unlock if need..but i do want both
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You are quite correct.
But from my point of view, that does not constitute "unlocked" since it broke something we know about, and there's always the possibility it broke something else we don't know about (but not likely).
I don't consider the Photon to be unlocked since I travel a lot and want all the standard features to work wherever I go.
Just saying ...
Borked unlocked
I have never had 4g til bout a month ago..i get it at my house...my high speed internet crash for couple days...i need high speed for work....my photon saved the days!! Thankfully for teathering
So ya..i loved how much custom roms and kernals improved my evo..honestly without them i would of went back to the iphone
I love this phone but i feel it could do so much more....but not at the risk of loosing important features like 4g
A unlocked bootloader...i think its worth a bounty.... lets get it started!!!
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Motorola unlocked the atrix bootloader in June.
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Really....figures people acting like they know stuff and misleading people
How long was it after they released the atrix??
If thats the case maybe its not a lost cause
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I don'T recall the release date. I want to say 4 months but that's just a guess.
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Not suprised at all
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Wonder if that has anything to do with them gearing up to release the Atrix 2?
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Wonder if that has anything to do with them gearing up to release the Atrix 2?
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They lied
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Lol. Okay....
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Any date?
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Hi, I have just bought a Motorola Atrix me860. I was wondering if all those stuff listed in the Atrix 4G Android Development sub-forum were related only to Atrix 4g and mb860 or i can install those custom rom on a normal Motorola Atrix.
Anyone can help?
p.s. sorry for the noob question
You have an international attic, flash accordingly.
ATRIX 4g is the same phone as the ATRIX. The 4g is just added on by AT&T in the us for marketing.
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I just bought the Atrix 2 today
Could someone tell me why there is little to no support for ics on the Atrix 2? I thought the hardware was pretty much the same as the Atrix 4G which is the basis for most of the work done on the photon.
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tsdeaton said:
I just bought the Atrix 2 today
Could someone tell me why there is little to no support for ics on the Atrix 2? I thought the hardware was pretty much the same as the Atrix 4G which is the basis for most of the work done on the photon.
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The atrix 2 actually has very different hardware. Atrix 1 has tegra 2, and atrix 2 has a TI Omap processor.
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The atrix 2 actually has very different hardware. Atrix 1 has tegra 2, and atrix 2 has a TI Omap processor.
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Wow thanks! Last time I read anything on the Atrix 2 was before it came out and I swear they said it was going to have the same tegra 2 as the first Atrix and the photon. Do you know anything about this processor? Most of the devs on the Atrix 2 forum are first timers and progress for ics is horribly slow. One of the slowest of any current high end popular phone (that I've noticed). Calling and texting seem to be the only thing keeping it in pre alpha stage.
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Ok I just found out what's holding them back. They can't seem to figure out how to unlock the bootloader. Once that's unlocked roms should start flying
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Same processor as Bionic, RAZR, and Droid 4. Moto tend to go for consistent hardware platforms across multiple carriers and form factors.
Those bootloaders are a *****.
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Yea I've noticed lol.
I have one more question then I'll finish off this thread.
They said the calling and SMS not working on cm9 is due to not having an ics radio. I don't understand why the radio would be the issue. Every device I have right now running ics is using a gingerbread radio and the calling and SMS has always worked from the beginning without a ics radio.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427026
This is the closest thing the Atrix 2 has to an ics build. Its a port from the cdma Droid 3. Its extremely early with only 10 pages. From what I've gathered they can't seem to get the rom to work with their GSM radio. I know this isn't the right place to be discussing this considering this is not the atrix 2 and nowhere near related to the Atrix 2 but out of all the phones I've had, the devs and users on the photon seem to be the most knowledgeable. We need someone with knowledge of this sorta of thing to help get this phone going. What steps should they go through to convert the cdma rom for their GSM device? I haven't had sleep in two days so I can't seem to word this right lol so please if you have the time could someone who knows anything about this sorta thing take a look. Just read the first 2 pages. The other 8 pages are just random people asking if its working yet lol.
They seem to have given up for the most part and decided to just wait for a leak of ics for the device which according to Motorola is during the same quarter as the photon. I honestly believe they could have it up and going without the leak. Joker did it with the Atrix and the photon with no Motorola ics support so I know they can do it too for the Atrix 2
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Okay so i know that the photon 4g, atrix, and electrify are very similar and we can kind of swap files and such to make things work. what i am wondering is how close is the photon to the electrify M, photon Q, and Atrix HD hardware wise and bootloader wise
They're of no use to unlocking photon bootloader
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1..i want to buy a photon 4g but that phone is not a sprint it is us cellular version.is there any changing features between us cellular version and sprint.?
2..what are the errors in this phone .i want to know all things about this phone.
3..which is the best phone xperia ray,xperia neo v or photon 4G,?
4..which games can play in photon 4g,?
5..Really photon 4G has 1gb ram, 1ghz dual core proccesser or not.???
thanks please answer my all questions,
thanks
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Great phone for the price. But please check whether the software version is 2.3.5 . Then don't buy it. The boot loader cannot be unlock. waste of a great hardware. Same thing happend to me. I don't know about us cellular. I'm using a refurbished sprint.
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Photon for us cellular is known as Electricity and it is without 4g.
As like the previous post only buy android 2.3.4 phones. You can unlock it and install any custom roms.
Photon and electrify are 1 ghz dualcore 1 gb ram phones.
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