[OTA UPDATE] 45.2.7.en.US - Motorola Photon 4G

No release notes yet hopefully they will come soon!
This will of course break root but that's easily fixed using either Torpedo method or One Click Root.
WARNING!!!
If you have the following setup please use caution. This update may halt during the process.
Phone Info: Alien Rom
Unlocked Bootloader
Rooted (using Photon Torpedo)
Thanks to: Nerorising for pointing this out

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mdeezy said:
No release notes yet hopefully they will come soon!
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yup switch .6 to 7........

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Is it still rootable? Does dock method work? Dockless methods?
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Darn. Get same error I got when last OTA came around. Box comes up after phone restarts that says software update failed. I had to use the SBF that was released in the forum to get the last update. Any suggestions on how to fix this? I am rooted with the dock method and do not have bootstrap recovery installed although I did have it one time before I installed the last OTA by way of an SBF. I would do a factory reset and then try upgrading only if any of you think that will work unless there are any other suggestions.

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I just used the one click dockless root after the update at it worked smoothly.

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Argh. It is refusing to update just like the last OTA. Did more checking with holding down the volume up and down to get recovery into a more textish mode and I got some sort of a status 7 error on checking current system. Too many hex characters to copy down in that error but the update was talking about a file in my /cache folder refering to 45.2.5. So I cleared cache partition. No go. Can anyone advise on how to get this to update? I had the same problem with last month's OTA and I had to use the SBF which is currently not available. Any tips or help?

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Torpedo
Is it still rootable? Does dock method work? Dockless methods?
I just rooted me an my girls Photon using Torpedo method

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I downloaded the OTA and it restarted the phone like normal but then starts to flash and stops...just sits on the Android with the exclamation point screen. Been there for about thirty minutes. I'd advise caution if you have a similar setup as me.
Phone Info: Alien Rom
Unlocked Bootloader
Rooted (using Photon Torpedo)

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Best advice, if you want the update, you probably have to sbf back to stock, do a master reset you will most likely be good. You need the stock recovery for the update to work me thinks.
-DJ

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Then the question remains, what does this update do...and does it make it worth the trouble of going through all that?

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Pretty sure someone said something about wireless connectivity.
I'm going to be flashing soon, will post how it goes.
-DJ

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Cool. Sounds good.

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Actually, you can just flash the stock recovery image from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216143
right under Pudding Remover.
There is a flashable stock recovery after all, I did not know this. I will do it, but my battery is too low. Going to jump in the shower and see how it goes afterwards.
EDIT: I find this to be very cool as I tried to flash it in fastboot mode and looking at the cmd prompt it said error 'cannot load stock recovery.smg'. I then look at my phone and it straight told me that my battery was too low. Pretty damn fool proof system. I like it!
-DJ

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Hey just a heads up guys, if the only thing you did was root your photon, then your good to update, won't brick your phone, here's proof
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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Sent from my EVO 3d using XDA App

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And that relocks and unroots and all that ****? And nice. Mine is on the charger at the moment.

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And i can confirm that manual rooting still works fine
Sent from my EVO 3D using XDA App

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Sweet. Good info. Thanks Killa.

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Djspinister said:
Best advice, if you want the update, you probably have to sbf back to stock, do a master reset you will most likely be good. You need the stock recovery for the update to work me thinks.
-DJ
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When you say sbf back to stock, do you mean to reflash the file
1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf
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I ask because this file does not take you to stock. Your phone is installed as it was but with this software version. If you mean to flash another SBF, can you please link to it? Because I believe pudding is the only other SBF on here and I don't think you mean that as that is the unlocker.

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enigmatl said:
When you say sbf back to stock, do you mean to reflash the file
1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf
?
I ask because this file does not take you to stock. Your phone is installed as it was but with this software version. If you mean to flash another SBF, can you please link to it? Because I believe pudding is the only other SBF on here and I don't think you mean that as that is the unlocker.
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Yes, it provides you with the stock recovery which is what you need. I also made another post a couple above this one that explained where to get the stock recovery from, which is really all you need. I guess it doesn't know how to do the update with a custom recovery. Sucks but at least you don't need to flash that whole big file. Just a small quick one. Also, you need to do the small file the (.smg) file in fastboot, not with rsd lite.
-DJ
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A2CKilla said:
Hey just a heads up guys, if the only thing you did was root your photon, then your good to update, won't brick your phone, here's proof
Sent from my EVO 3d using XDA App
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Do you feel like your wireless connection signal is better? Stronger? Maybe this just keeps it form disconnecting I dunno. Just curious.
-DJ

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Djspinister said:
Yes, it provides you with the stock recovery which is what you need. I also made another post a couple above this one that explained where to get the stock recovery from, which is really all you need. I guess it doesn't know how to do the update with a custom recovery. Sucks but at least you don't need to flash that whole big file. Just a small quick one. Also, you need to do the small file the (.smg) file in fastboot, not with rsd lite.
-DJ
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Do you feel like your wireless connection signal is better? Stronger? Maybe this just keeps it form disconnecting I dunno. Just curious.
-DJ
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eh, i don't know really, i never really had an issue with it in the 1st place, but i guess it was a serious issue to the majority of the community, but it seems like it's just like it was before, working A-OK

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A2CKilla said:
eh, i don't know really, i never really had an issue with it in the 1st place, but i guess it was a serious issue to the majority of the community, but it seems like it's just like it was before, working A-OK
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My problem is that it is no where near as strong as my Evo was. Using wireless N router so it has some serious saturation. This thing still only gets 2 or 3 bars when I am -10ft away where my Evo was full bars around the whole house. Not to mention this bluetooth thing is really getting annoying.
-DJ