Anyone install skinny4g - Motorola Photon 4G

I installed skinny4g from bootstrap after sbfed to 198_7 and rooted. Bloatware all stays and no mention of skinny in About Phone.

hodiedodie said:
I installed skinny4g from bootstrap after sbfed to 198_7 and rooted. Bloatware all stays and no mention of skinny in About Phone.
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im about to right now after it finishes downloading... servers are slow.... which zip file did you use ??

I just downloaded skinnyrev14gedition.zip from joker's thread and installed it. Zean was the only difference i saw.

hodiedodie said:
I just downloaded skinnyrev14gedition.zip from joker's thread and installed it. Zean was the only difference i saw.
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yes im getting the same thing , um its better to ask him ??

Its an issue with bootstrap not wiping system, manually wipe system or flash again
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jokersax11 said:
Its an issue with bootstrap not wiping system, manually wipe system or flash again
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I see the gallery showing up, but ill wipe both cache and data

Wipe system first
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I see the gallery showing up, but ill wipe both cache and data
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Thanks. Ill try it out tomorrow and post my results.
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hodiedodie said:
Thanks. Ill try it out tomorrow and post my results.
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it worked thanks.
Try formatting system in mounts then flash, I wiped cache also just in case , after this i saw the android boot logo a cube.

YESSS!!! i formatted system first. Now everything is as it should be. Thanks everyone.

is your wifi working mine isn't working ?

Nope. Apparently Joker left out the wifi driver or something. I just went back to stock and rooted.

hodiedodie said:
Nope. Apparently Joker left out the wifi driver or something. I just went back to stock and rooted.
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Ah, so I was smart in not flashing it. I was kind of hesitant in doing it. Good thing I didn't.

Lots of people use skinny4g with wifi. If you want to try to fix it, pull the dhd.ko out of yays 1024.zip and place in proper location. You also need to make sure you sbf'd to 198-7 before installing if you have issues
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Thanks for the tip. Ill give it a shot.
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I sbfed back to 198_7. When i went to install skinny4g i formatted system, wiped the caches, and hard reset manually before hand. As expected wifi was not working when it loaded up. I used root explorer to overwrite the dhd.ko file with the one from yays zip file. Rebooted. Still no wifi.
jokersax11 said:
Lots of people use skinny4g with wifi. If you want to try to fix it, pull the dhd.ko out of yays 1024.zip and place in proper location. You also need to make sure you sbf'd to 198-7 before installing if you have issues
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What version were you on before
hodiedodie said:
I sbfed back to 198_7. When i went to install skinny4g i formatted system, wiped the caches, and hard reset manually before hand. As expected wifi was not working when it loaded up. I used root explorer to overwrite the dhd.ko file with the one from yays zip file. Rebooted. Still no wifi.
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Iv been on 198_7 for over a week now. I was referring to flashing back to stock 198_7 from skinny4grev1
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Do you have root explorer
hodiedodie said:
Iv been on 198_7 for over a week now. I was referring to flashing back to stock 198_7 from skinny4grev1
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Yes sir. It is the tool i use to copy files under the system directory.
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[Q] How to root 2.3.4

I finally put android 2.3.4 on my atrix. But Im pretty sure that I lost root. How can I get it back?! Can I run gingerbreak.apk and everything turn out ok? Just curious.
Oh, and when the hell are we gunna get cyanogenmod????
~MDK666
Lazy...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159572
Yeah, download that zip, reboot into recovery and install zip from sd. Reboot and you are done
The best and easiest way is to root with oneclicksuperroot on xda. Type this in google.
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Foka002 said:
The best and easiest way is to root with oneclicksuperroot on xda. Type this in google.
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Superoneclick hasnt worked on the atrix since 1.26... They closed that loophole a longgggg time ago
CWM + root.zip =
If you don't have/want CWM, this also works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15023022&postcount=3
jhild352 said:
Superoneclick hasnt worked on the atrix since 1.26... They closed that loophole a longgggg time ago
CWM + root.zip =
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Well I've rooted mine so I don't know what you are talking about...
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humjaba said:
Lazy...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159572
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That method hasn't worked for me. I applied the zip via CWM and it does says rooting complete. My BL is unlocked and CWM was flashed properly. Any ideas on what I should do?
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Deggy said:
That method hasn't worked for me. I applied the zip via CWM and it does says rooting complete. My BL is unlocked and CWM was flashed properly. Any ideas on what I should do?
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Sometimes you have to run root.zip again. Clear Dalvik, cache, and factory before root.zip, then clear all again and reboot. Try that.
CaelanT said:
Sometimes you have to run root.zip again. Clear Dalvik, cache, and factory before root.zip, then clear all again and reboot. Try that.
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Just tried you advice. Still unrooted. Wiped the two different caches, factory reseted, applied the root twice. Nothing. I miss Titanium Backup.
I wonder if it's because im official stock ROM vs a custom ROM.
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This method worked fine for me. Thanks.
Eval thanks for all your hard working. Do you think is possible to update your OP, so it is clear for "noobs" that the second part of your code need to be input in adb
I found a lot of people trying to run the second code in the fastboot mode and then posting oh IT DID NOT work and actually is EASY and SAFE to root
eval- said:
If you don't have/want CWM, this also works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15023022&postcount=3
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Flash CWM from rom manager??

Is it possible to flash CWM from rom manager for the Photon and if so which model do you select??
I had the bootstrap on my phone which was from the x2, but I'm not sure if CWM will be the same or if Atrix would be better or if I'm barking up the wrong tree lol.
Basically I flashed a theme and now I have no settings so I can't setup my BT, WiFi, or even install an app on my sd card because I can't change any settings. And I can't flash a new rom/theme without the settings.
EDIT: So I flashed the Atrix recovery from rom manager since a google search said you could and then flash another. Once I did and tried to boot into recovery it said "failed to boot 2"
Do a factory reset through bootstrap. Happened to my buddy last night after applying a theme, he had no settings.
I restored the bootstrap by using titanium backup when I hit that snag last night
Or if you have an backup, you can take the settings app from it and place it in the system apps
LMAO, and why I didn't think of that I have no idea. I've had mybackup pro since I had my Evo over a year ago and use it religiously, until now that is lmao. I just backed it up before I flashed the new theme and didn't even think of that, good looking out guys thanks.
EDIT: Anyone know of another way to flash CWM without using ADB or SDK??
EDIT no. 2: installing from backup didnt work, it prompts me to go to settings because install from unknown sources is blocked and when I try to go to it I get a Force Close.
Is it possible to just put the settings.apk in the right folder with root explorer or something of that naturr?
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That's what i did, I put the settings apk in the zip and installed it and now everything is fine. Settings looks normal but its there
How did you install though? I cant get into my settings to enable install from unknown sources to allow the install
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Is there a way to flash the stock rom from the computer like with the epic and hero??
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Dboy352 said:
Is there a way to flash the stock rom from the computer like with the epic and hero??
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What do you mean?
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Yes. Use fastboot
Dboy352 said:
Is there a way to flash the stock rom from the computer like with the epic and hero??
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Terminal
Look up flash_image recovery. Its how rom manger does it
Dboy352 said:
LMAO, and why I didn't think of that I have no idea. I've had mybackup pro since I had my Evo over a year ago and use it religiously, until now that is lmao. I just backed it up before I flashed the new theme and didn't even think of that, good looking out guys thanks.
EDIT: Anyone know of another way to flash CWM without using ADB or SDK??
EDIT no. 2: installing from backup didnt work, it prompts me to go to settings because install from unknown sources is blocked and when I try to go to it I get a Force Close.
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Dboy352 said:
Is there a way to flash the stock rom from the computer like with the epic and hero??
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Why can't you factory reset, and then flash the latest stock build using rsd lite? You should have everything there. Just back your apps up in titanium and restore each one after.
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Even doing factory reset using ##786# I couldn't get it to detect in rsdlite using rsd mode on my photon. I found out my rsdlite was an old version and I had a hell of a time finding the newer version (even the links I found on here were broken links) Once I got that I flashed the current sbf, then went about the pudding unlock steps and got it all done.

1% battery steps for 2.3.5 firmware (the one dumped from Electrify)

Edit: Link is broken and I don't have this on my hard drive anymore. Anyone who have this, please share with others.
Cwm installable zip.
This was made by Olegfusion and me.
Thanks.worked great
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Bootstrap?
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jguevara4854 said:
Bootstrap?
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Sure
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tried bootstrap on a 2.3.5 and i got 70% in the battery icon but never went in ones
Hmm, that's interesting. I am unlocked, with jokers kernel, but if it makes any difference in 1% steps? Try to wipe cache and dalvik cache.
Anyone get this to work with bootstrap?
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Worked for me. 2.3.5 locked with bootstrap
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dosnt work on my mopho
Cleared cache and dalvik cache and flashed in bootstrap, works on my locked 2.3.5! This was the only thing missing from rocko!
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Running Jokers special-club-0.0.1-cm-9.0.0-RC0-Sunfire-KANG-signed + JokerGappsV9 + Droid Razr BootAnimation + a few other little tweaks and flashing from CWM based 5.0.2.7 caused me to get stuck in boot screen before and after wiping Cache + wipe Cache Partition nd Fix Perm. Going to wipe and flash since I have to wipe anyway and see what happens. Bummer
[edit] wipe battery stats, no-go
[edit] wipe data was a no-go as well, had to format system, wipe and reflash
FanBoy_Hunter said:
Running Jokers special-club-0.0.1-cm-9.0.0-RC0-Sunfire-KANG-signed + JokerGappsV9 + Droid Razr BootAnimation + a few other little tweaks and flashing from CWM based 5.0.2.7 caused me to get stuck in boot screen before and after wiping Cache + wipe Cache Partition nd Fix Perm. Going to wipe and flash since I have to wipe anyway and see what happens. Bummer
[edit] wipe battery stats, no-go
[edit] wipe data was a no-go as well, had to format system, wipe and reflash
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you're funny. it'll not work in cm9 OF COURSE!
olegfusion said:
you're funny. it'll not work in cm9 OF COURSE!
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Worth a test, people on the cm9 forum were asking about it so I gave it a shot, that was a long time ago.
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FanBoy_Hunter said:
Worth a test, people on the cm9 forum were asking about it so I gave it a shot, that was a long time ago.
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Ok, Ill look on it later
update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22747523#post22747523
1% for cm9
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How did you get the 1%. I flashed the zip in bootstrap and formatted cache and dalvik. I am only gettting 10% still? Any Ideas? I had no percentage before and now I get percentages but in 10%. Thanks
anyone have this? link is dead
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Thank you very much! Works perfect.
peetr_ said:
Link updated
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Is this works with 2.3.4 locked.
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Worked like a champ on...
ROCKO 3.5 unlocked 2.3.5 ROM
thanks so much..
No how do you get rid of that US Cellular Banner?????

Trying to root X2 to CM7, boot loop after installing

I've been trying to get CM7 on my X2 unsuccessfully for about two hours, here's the process I took.
I saved all my stuff, and erased everything on the phone using the Android Recovery. I went back to 2.3.4 using RSDlite, then Root using Pete's Tool and installed OTA Protect. I then installed Bootstrap, installed recovery, went to recovery mode, installed CM7, and then GAPPs. Now, I wipe data, clear the cache, clear the davlik cache, and reboot. Now, this is where I just get stuck at the M Dual Core Technology Screen.
I searched the forum for answers, but I couldn't really my problem. It seems CM7 just isn't booting for me. I have tried this 2-3 times already, please help me out!
Why did you install ota protect? And make sure you are properly rooted and that the sbf worked... check your about phone screen to make sure... all I know is to sbf again and start from the beginning.
Edit: also did you install the patched bsr.apk for cm7?
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GoClifGo05 said:
Why did you install ota protect? And make sure you are properly rooted and that the sbf worked... check your about phone screen to make sure... all I know is to sbf again and start from the beginning.
Edit: also did you install the patched bsr.apk for cm7?
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TRY #5 IT WORKS!
thanks anyway!
Awesome.... did I help or did it just decide to work the 5th time? Haha.
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GoClifGo05 said:
Why did you install ota protect? And make sure you are properly rooted and that the sbf worked... check your about phone screen to make sure... all I know is to sbf again and start from the beginning.
Edit: also did you install the patched bsr.apk for cm7?
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I've had to sbf more thwn once to get my X2 to get up and running. I would say to try and sbf again and instal the patched CM7 BSR. If u have any other questions, u can always pm me and ill do my best to help u outout
STEEL BLUE CM9X2
SBF 2.3.4
Root phone
Install regular BSR
Flash CM and Gapps
Wipe data (not cache DATA)
Boot CM
Load BSR for CM7
You CAN NOT boot CM with regular BSR loaded , hence the wipe Data before booting.
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[Q] New to rooting i717

I have an AT&T i717 running ics stock rom. I installed cwm 5.0. something and was intending on installing the CM10 JellyBean rom from paranoid. It would not install from sd card. tried another rom from diff developer, same thing. I read that I needed an updated cwm so I tried to flash another, wouldnt work with the version of ODIN i had so i upgraded to v3.07, was able to flash another and then when I went to recovery it stayed in a black screen, reflashed the older version of cwm and now when I go to recovery it will show the main screen, but if I try to install or even reboot it takes the menu away and shows the symbol in the center. Am I just completely stupid? Have I missed something?
Are you rooted?
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severinca said:
Are you rooted?
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Yes...That is the first step I believe.
UPDATE: I have CWM recovery 5.5.0.4 working properly but I am getting an Error Status 7 (yes I have searched but everything I found was old and didn't help) I am trying to run cm-10.1-20120113-NIGHTLY-i717 build as well as pa_quincyatt-2.56-20121219-013738 build. both show same error. Any ideas?
U need to install twrp and then flash from twrp ull have no problem thn
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deron37129 said:
U need to install twrp and then flash from twrp ull have no problem thn
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Thank you. I will give an update shortly.
well the rom flashed and it is in first boot. just flashing the paranoid android 2.+ symbol on the screen. I have heard the first boot is the longest. Been about 5 Minutes. thought I would say thank you (hopefully not prematurely)! :good:
Shudnt have any trouble long as u did a full wipe
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deron37129 said:
Shudnt have any trouble long as u did a full wipe
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I just realized I forgot to do that...
Do I select factory reset or system from the twrp menu?
MonsterSubie said:
I just realized I forgot to do that...
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Did it work?
Figured it out. Cleared both cache and delvik Cache and did a factory reset. worked like a charm. thanks for the help and I hope this helps others as well.
Just for future reference, also wiping system along with wiping cache/dalvik and factory reset is good practice. Sometimes not wiping system can cause some issues.
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