so i left in november cause i got a epic touch 4g. i liked it but for some reason i kept thinking about my photon. so to day im selling my epic and getting a photon again. happy as hell now cause i wont have any los like on the epic.
what is the best rom, kernal, and did the wifi tether get fixed yet?
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what is the best rom, kernal, and did the wifi tether get fixed yet?
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I'm only Rooted, but, from what I'v read most are using Joker's stuff. CM7 is the most stable and most use for everyday use. CM9 is not as stable, but it helps Joker idenitfy and fix problems.
Welcome Back!
mecksg1 said:
so i left in november cause i got a epic touch 4g. i liked it but for some reason i kept thinking about my photon. so to day im selling my epic and getting a photon again. happy as hell now cause i wont have any los like on the epic.
what is the best rom, kernal, and did the wifi tether get fixed yet?
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The E4GT is a piece of garbage. Im glad I sold mine. I wish there was more development here but Motorola really shackled this device. Id like to install one of Joker's ROMs but there arent enough current walkthroughs to unlock and relock and I dont want to risk it.
mecksg1 said:
so i left in november cause i got a epic touch 4g. i liked it but for some reason i kept thinking about my photon. so to day im selling my epic and getting a photon again. happy as hell now cause i wont have any los like on the epic.
what is the best rom, kernal, and did the wifi tether get fixed yet?
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Wifi tether works only ad-hoc by default for now. I've seen a post here that has a work around to use infrastructure mode.
MadFlava said:
The E4GT is a piece of garbage. Im glad I sold mine. I wish there was more development here but Motorola really shackled this device. Id like to install one of Joker's ROMs but there arent enough current walkthroughs to unlock and relock and I dont want to risk it.
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QBKings stuff isn't enough?
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Id like to install one of Joker's ROMs but there arent enough current walkthroughs to unlock and relock and I dont want to risk it.
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For exactly what you stated is exactly why I don't mess with mine. At the end of the day, I need a phone that works. But, someone gave me this link, it has videos to walk you thru almost everything!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250697
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For exactly what you stated is exactly why I don't mess with mine. At the end of the day, I need a phone that works. But, someone gave me this link, it has videos to walk you thru almost everything!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250697
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Yea.. I have to do this stuff at work and I cant sit here and watch videos on flashing my phone while i pretend to work. LOL
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QBKings stuff isn't enough?
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Im not in any way, shape or form bagging on any of the great devs for this device but let me put it in perspective for you. I came back into the smartphone hacking game via the Evo. There are a ZILLION roms for that device. Then I went to the E4GT and it has a much, much smaller development community. Maybe 10 guys. Come here and there are only a couple. Not to say their stuff isnt fantastic but Im just used to more choices.
The locked bootloader is what killed this phone. It could have been the darling for Sprint like the Evo was but Motorola screwed the pooch.
personally i will never own a scamsung device again not after all the BS i went through with the moment with LOS and other problems, they tried to sell me the epic touch when my upgrade was due and i was like HELL NO, give me the photon!
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Yea.. I have to do this stuff at work and I cant sit here and watch videos on flashing my phone while i pretend to work. LOL
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Why not, I do it all the time! lol Schedule a meeting with yourself called "Server OS Upgrade", book the conference room, close the door!
foxsdaddy67 said:
personally i will never own a scamsung device again not after all the BS i went through with the moment with LOS and other problems, they tried to sell me the epic touch when my upgrade was due and i was like HELL NO, give me the photon!
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Brought my Evo and Photon cash, I divorced Sprint and that Contract Marriage YEARS ago...........
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Why not, I do it all the time! lol Schedule a meeting with yourself called "Server OS Upgrade", book the conference room, close the door!
Brought my Evo and Photon cash, I divorced Sprint and that Contract Marriage YEARS ago...........
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We dont have a conference room. I do IT support via remote control so my boss and I are the only ones in the office and his office is right across the hall from mine.
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, and did the wifi tether get fixed yet?
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Like the poster said above Wifi Tether does work in infrastructure mode now with various apps such as WT for root and OpenGarden. Just have to choose specific settings in the app and it works fine.
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We dont have a conference room. I do IT support via remote control so my boss and I are the only ones in the office and his office is right across the hall from mine.
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Offer to get him coffee and put 3 ExLax in it! Problem solved! I assume you do not have computer or PS3 at home?
just got my phone today finally. happy im back with the photom. unlocked and rooted. now what rom should i run. whats a ood combo of rom\kernal
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just got my phone today finally. happy im back with the photom. unlocked and rooted. now what rom should i run. whats a ood combo of rom\kernal
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Seems like CM 7.2 with jokers 1.3 oc kernal is a popular, reliable choice.
Sent from my CWM OC'd CM7 Electrify.
MadFlava said:
Im not in any way, shape or form bagging on any of the great devs for this device but let me put it in perspective for you. I came back into the smartphone hacking game via the Evo. There are a ZILLION roms for that device. Then I went to the E4GT and it has a much, much smaller development community. Maybe 10 guys. Come here and there are only a couple. Not to say their stuff isnt fantastic but Im just used to more choices.
The locked bootloader is what killed this phone. It could have been the darling for Sprint like the Evo was but Motorola screwed the pooch.
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He wasn't referring to rom options when he mentioned qbKing, he was referring to guides. qbKing has amazing youtube videos that show how to root/unlock/relock/unbrick the photon.
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roundeye1987 said:
Seems like CM 7.2 with jokers 1.3 oc kernal is a popular, reliable choice.
Sent from my CWM OC'd CM7 Electrify.
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Its what I'm using as well. I tried 1.4 oc kernel but I kept getting random reboots so I switched to 1.3 oc. Been smooth ever since.
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Offer to get him coffee and put 3 ExLax in it! Problem solved! I assume you do not have computer or PS3 at home?
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I do but I also have a wife and 4 kids so when I get home, my phone isnt even a blip on the radar.
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just got my phone today finally. happy im back with the photom. unlocked and rooted. now what rom should i run. whats a ood combo of rom\kernal
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I've been running CM7.2 with Jokers 1.3 OC kernel it runs real smooth n flawless
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Kcarpenter said:
QBKings stuff isn't enough?
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worked for me and i dont know ****
Non¢s said:
Wifi tether works only ad-hoc by default for now. I've seen a post here that has a work around to use infrastructure mode.
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Wifitether 3.1 beta6
Change Device-Profile = Samsung Galaxy S
Change Setup-Method = NetD(Master)
And I don't know If it helps but I also checked the MMS Clamping and Routing fix boxes.
I'm able to tether my Macbook pro, my sons ipad (lol), my 10.1GT (I/O), and my rooted n modded MotoACTV without a problem.
MoPhoACTV Initiative
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Someone on here is going to kill me for posting this because I'm sure this has been covered somewhere in the Thunderbolt area....
I can't seem to find it though...
So the question... is there an app in the making for a one click root access to custom recovery?
TIA
Chicago Ben said:
Someone on here is going to kill me for posting this because I'm sure this has been covered somewhere in the Thunderbolt area....
I can't seem to find it though...
So the question... is there an app in the making for a one click root access to custom recovery?
TIA
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GET HIM BOYS! But seriously, it's been reported that a one-click root method is in the works. Expect it within the next week or so.
HonestEnd said:
GET HIM BOYS! But seriously, it's been reported that a one-click root method is in the works. Expect it within the next week or so.
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BOOYA
Thanks man , metro Detroit in the house. Go wings.
I'm glad this is in the works because I really don't feel like ****ing around with adb on my phone. I'm running KaosFroyo v39 on my Eris and what a pain in the d*ck that was.
Chicago Ben said:
BOOYA
Thanks man , metro Detroit in the house. Go wings.
I'm glad this is in the works because I really don't feel like ****ing around with adb on my phone. I'm running KaosFroyo v39 on my Eris and what a pain in the d*ck that was.
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I feel you man, took me about 2 hours to get it rooted. Then another 2 hours to fix root on my custom rom, lol.
HonestEnd said:
I feel you man, took me about 2 hours to get it rooted. Then another 2 hours to fix root on my custom rom, lol.
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See there you go. I'll just go the easy route and grab the app. That's an app worth paying for/donating for.
Thunderbolt should be here Wednesday, I think I can live with it unmodded for a week or two ha.
Chicago Ben said:
See there you go. I'll just go the easy route and grab the app. That's an app worth paying for/donating for.
Thunderbolt should be here Wednesday, I think I can live with it unmodded for a week or two ha.
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Completely agree. The amount of work (not to mention fast!) that has gone into this device so far is definitely worth donating for. As soon as a quick root solution is readily available, I'd be glad to donate money towards it. Makes life quicker, though the adb solution couldn't have taken more than 30 minutes to follow carefully. Really not too bad if you copy/paste the commands and read it through first.
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Completely agree. The amount of work (not to mention fast!) that has gone into this device so far is definitely worth donating for. As soon as a quick root solution is readily available, I'd be glad to donate money towards it. Makes life quicker, though the adb solution couldn't have taken more than 30 minutes to follow carefully. Really not too bad if you copy/paste the commands and read it through first.
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What big developers are working on the Thunderbolt? Does Kaos have his hands on one yet? I haven't been following xda as much since he stopped development for the Eris
unrevoked tweeted that they are doing something with the thunderbolt but haven't heard anything else since release... honestly doing the adb makes you more aware of what is going on with your phone so if anything goes wrong you can fix it yourself... took me 2 hours also to root and it went smooth til I started messing with a rom that I was unable to wipe/ nandroid... but now thats fixed with the newest cwm... I'd give it a few weeks anyway to allow a stable recovery to be made and for kernels to start rolling out that optimize the device... I only rooted to get back a few of my games with data (level 63 gun bros mainly, and yes all my 3* levels on angry birds)
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What big developers are working on the Thunderbolt? Does Kaos have his hands on one yet? I haven't been following xda as much since he stopped development for the Eris
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Tazz is supposed to be doing some development - and - he's still going to work on the Eris He's got some great GB ROMs for the Eris right now.
two_cents said:
unrevoked tweeted that they are doing something with the thunderbolt but haven't heard anything else since release... honestly doing the adb makes you more aware of what is going on with your phone so if anything goes wrong you can fix it yourself... took me 2 hours also to root and it went smooth til I started messing with a rom that I was unable to wipe/ nandroid... but now thats fixed with the newest cwm... I'd give it a few weeks anyway to allow a stable recovery to be made and for kernels to start rolling out that optimize the device... I only rooted to get back a few of my games with data (level 63 gun bros mainly, and yes all my 3* levels on angry birds)
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Oh don't get me wrong, I know how to use adb I am just lazy, in the time I have been responding back and forth on this thread I could have had it done. I had 3 Eris's (trackball fail) and I even had the joy of having to unroot one, which was fun
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Tazz is supposed to be doing some development - and - he's still going to work on the Eris He's got some great GB ROMs for the Eris right now.
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Nice , so the current roms that exist for thunderbolt are basically just de-bloated almost identical to stock RUU I take it
I havent had time to try any of the ROMs but pretty much all you gain with them is losing stuff like blockbuster, city ID, tunewiki and all the other bull**** that comes on them. Any one played rockband on here yet? IDK if its not optimized for this phone or what but it sucks balls, and huge balls. it isnt laggy, it just doesnt seem to be able to keep up with the touches when you are playing on hard and the notes are coming by fast.
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I havent had time to try any of the ROMs but pretty much all you gain with them is losing stuff like blockbuster, city ID, tunewiki and all the other bull**** that comes on them. Any one played rockband on here yet? IDK if its not optimized for this phone or what but it sucks balls, and huge balls. it isnt laggy, it just doesnt seem to be able to keep up with the touches when you are playing on hard and the notes are coming by fast.
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word. thanks for the heads up. my thunderbolt comes tomorrow hopefully. stoked.
if it does... im gonna download THE **** out of stuff, fast. I'm talkin real fast.
I recently moved from an Evo to the Photon. I've used CM7 basically since it came out for the Evo and an very used to the interface and miss the simplicity of it... well, I think I miss the simplicity of it.
Since it has been about a month now I'm kind of itching for the hacking and tinkering that comes with custom ROMs instead of just stock. I'm curious, from those who have moved from Blur to CM7 or CM9 - is it worth it? I know CM9 is alpha and still missing features, which I'm fine with, I just need a little convincing that it's worth it. After 4 Evos I could root, install CWM and a ROM with my eyes closed, so any amount of effort on my Photon seems daunting again.
Once you get past the unlocking part, the rest is a cake walk. I'd recommend starting with CM7 just to get your feet wet again. CM9 is a great ROM (in my opinion) only lacking a camera. But you're going to be hard pressed to find too many people recommending against ROMing. Cm7 and CM9 are both quicker, seem to have better battery, and way less bloat.
Sent from my CWM OC'd CM7 Electrify.
Thanks. And with the Photon to get back to CM I need to unlock the bootloader right? Looks like the Pudding instructions are a one-stop shop for bootloader unlock, then root and getting CWM on. Once CWM is on I'm back into familiar territory.
I've had the pleasure of running both CM7 and CM9 alpha19 - personally, I really like the look and feel of CM9, and joker has done a fantastic job with it, but for my daily driver, I'm on CM7, and it has definitely not disappointed. You should try out both and have fun playing around, but right now CM7 is at a more polished state.
Best,
K
Unlocking break 4g as of now though... so be careful.
All the links for unlocking are broken. We need a new thread with new working links. I would start over from stock and tweak to CM7 till CM9 comes out. Which thread has the better CM7?
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Unlocking break 4g as of now though... so be careful.
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I don't have 4G where I live... probably never will since Sprint is transitioning to LTE.
Just curious - does unlocking permanently break 4g or will 4g work if you recover back to stock?
jeggen said:
I don't have 4G where I live... probably never will since Sprint is transitioning to LTE.
Just curious - does unlocking permanently break 4g or will 4g work if you recover back to stock?
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It will recover to stock. Problem is the links provided are broken and I have no patience to look for hopeful working ones.
jeggen said:
I don't have 4G where I live... probably never will since Sprint is transitioning to LTE.
Just curious - does unlocking permanently break 4g or will 4g work if you recover back to stock?
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It will not permanently break it. You just need to flash back to stock or locked ROM such as skinnyROM and you'll be fine.
Cm9
I would have to say to wait until cm9 has a better battery life and more stable but till then just use cm 7.2
OP,
I was in the same boat with the EVO on CM7. this is what id do and am doing...
Flash CM7 and configure it the way you want it. coming from the EVO, youll be blown away by the HP that the Photon has on CM7. be careful and wear a bib bc youll drool some. ha ha After youve enjoyed the CM7, id backup and then flash CM9 and help out with the testing. The more people we have catching issues and sharing tips, the better the project will be.
It only take that few minutes to restore the CM7 image and your back to a solid daily w camera. if you can live wo a camera for now (i personally dont need a phone as a camera) then hangout with CM9 crowd.
Either way, youll LOVE CM on the Photon over the EVO. Welcome to the Photon club!
This thread is making me want to root my Photon
I, too had an EVO that I rooted & loved CM7 on it. This thread is making me want to root the photon now. I know that I will for sure if the Photon doesn't get any ICS love!
You can oc cm7 with jokers kernels but that depends on your hardware. I was able to get 1.4, others could go 1.3. Even if you decide on jokers skinny rom, that has a custom kernel too.
Edit: I just read that you can of cm9. is that true?
Sent from my MB855
So my question still, Which thread is the CM7 I should use?
So it sounds like really no compelling reason to stay on stock rom except being lazy. Fair interpretation?
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jeggen said:
So it sounds like really no compelling reason to stay on stock rom except being lazy. Fair interpretation?
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Yes. The difference between bloated stock and light CM7 is night and day.
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So my question still, Which thread is the CM7 I should use?
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Cm7.2 Kang rom 1-22
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This might be a silly question, but even with a locked bootloader, why can't we just use the stock bootloader as a bootstrap to launch a stripped-down ROM whose only purpose in life is to act like GRUB/HaRET and boot into our own kernel, then continue booting into our "real" ROM (which depends upon and actually uses the second kernel)? I have to admit that my kernel-level Linux knowledge is pretty minimal, but I was under the impression that on a Linux system, root is God and can do pretty much anything... so why not force a custom runlevel to shut down the stock kernel, then launch and fork into a different one after the fact?
Assuming this is possible, wouldn't it also solve the hard part of our 4G problem, by allowing the radio modem to be initialized with the hidden cert by the stock kernel, then pull the rug out from under it and replace the kernel with our own once it's done its job at startup?
For me there is no compelling reason to choose CM7 versus stock. CM9 would be the way to go if it had camera support.
Hopefully the upcoming Atrix soak test will give the devs the drivers they need to push CM9 to beta.
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jeggen said:
So it sounds like really no compelling reason to stay on stock rom except being lazy. Fair interpretation?
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No - those of us who stay stock are not lazy, and there is absolutely no reason to descend into name-calling here.
I stay stock because I'm satisfied with my Photon stock - I will move to custom once ICS camera drivers are available.
Same here, CM7 on EVO was great.
Now that I have CM9 on my HP Touchpad, I am waiting for a stable build for CM9 for the Photon.
I was rooted and had CM7 installed, but SBF'ed back to 2.3.4 this weekend because of the WIFI and GPS issues. Coincidentally the phone did work better with CM7, but I needed my GPS and WIFI and couldn't stick with it. SBF'ed back to stock 2.3.4 and same issues as before (bad phone lag, multiple daily reboots, etc.) Called Verizon and they are sending me a replacement Droid X2... (blah, nut if it works correctly, I will be fine with it till later this year)
So, I am just wondering if I am going to have any issues with my return. Is there any way they can tell we were rooted? She said if they find anything or if there was damage (which there isnt, been in otterbox case since day 1) that it would cost me $299.00... Theres no way I want to pay that for another Droid X2, and was just worrying myself. Any other rooted useres who SBF have any issues with returns to Verizon?
Nah, you're good. I've returned two SBF'd phones that had CM7.
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Nah, you're good. I've returned two SBF'd phones that had CM7.
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Okay cool... I was just worrying that there would be some way they could tell
I returned 5 sbf x2s lol you should be good !
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I returned 5 sbf x2s lol you should be good !
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Haha, wow... 5 of them? Thats crazy. You ever get something else or even try? This will be my second X2, also had an original X and originally two Fascinates. Ill get something else next time. If then new one is doing the same thing I am asking for something else.
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I returned 5 sbf x2s lol you should be good !
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Oh, I see you have an iPhone 4S... How do you like it? Our upgrades are up in November, but they offered to upgrade my wifes DX for an iPhone last night... Strange so early. But we had already decided to get iPhones next go around, but wanted to wait and see what the iPhone 5 will be... I love Android, but have been really let down with every phone I have owned so far...
I sent a Droid x and 2 Droid x2 all rooted and sent back after sbf. No issues. If I was you I would activate the new one wait about 6 hours and call back with the same complaint and ask for possibly a different deivice like maybe a incredible 2. Worked for me you would not be sorry! Unlocked!!
Its going to suck if your new DX2 comes back with Android 2.3.5 (or whatever their latest version is) on it. Apparently it can't be rooted.
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Its going to suck if your new DX2 comes back with Android 2.3.5 (or whatever their latest version is) on it. Apparently it can't be rooted.
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Yeah, but it's confirmed you can SBF back to 2.3.4, so its not really a big problem.
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Yeah, but it's confirmed you can SBF back to 2.3.4, so its not really a big problem.
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Oh. I thought it bricked your phone if you tried to SBF back from the latest OTA update. Thats cool then.
Travisdroidx2 said:
I sent a Droid x and 2 Droid x2 all rooted and sent back after sbf. No issues. If I was you I would activate the new one wait about 6 hours and call back with the same complaint and ask for possibly a different deivice like maybe a incredible 2. Worked for me you would not be sorry! Unlocked!!
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Oh yeah, I know this game Honestly probably wont even have to lie... damn blur is terrible...
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Its going to suck if your new DX2 comes back with Android 2.3.5 (or whatever their latest version is) on it. Apparently it can't be rooted.
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Hrmm, hadn't heard about this. I'll keep you all updated and let you know what comes on it. Like the other guy said, if I get it and it has any issues, im calling and getting something else. I should have demanded Samsung back when I had the Fascinate replaced. Its what I bought and generally liked Samsung over Motoblur.
I'm sure it will have the new junk on it. No root. Can sbf. No big deal.
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Oh yeah, I know this game Honestly probably wont even have to lie... damn blur is terrible...
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Oh ya no lie. It will for sure have the battery bug and music still skip!
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Oh ya no lie. It will for sure have the battery bug and music still skip!
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Oohh, whats the battery bug? Just how the battery life is horrible? I have definitely experienced that. To be honest though, I never listen to music on my phone, gonna have to check that out...
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Oh, I see you have an iPhone 4S... How do you like it? Our upgrades are up in November, but they offered to upgrade my wifes DX for an iPhone last night... Strange so early. But we had already decided to get iPhones next go around, but wanted to wait and see what the iPhone 5 will be... I love Android, but have been really let down with every phone I have owned so far...
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Yea i got sick of verizon giving me another x2 so i said screw it and upgraded. None of the android phones currently out i wasn't interested in so i decided to try something new temporarily.
Battery bug is false reportint of the battery most noticeable after a reboot.
from my X2 roaming the north
LordRalh3 said:
Battery bug is false reportint of the battery most noticeable after a reboot.
from my X2 roaming the north
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Wow, I have had that issue... I never thought about it being a bug... most of the time I just ignored it but did think it was odd after a reboot how it would change! Most of the time it was as it I had charged my phone but I hadnt... Thanks for the info!
The ultimate joke would be if OP got a new DX2 with the updated 2.3.4 thats should be out in a bit and if it got rid of rooting or bricked SBF's.
Thats why you guys gotta complain to them so you can get an early upgrade to something better. Like the Rezound or S3 like I'm currently waiting for.
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The ultimate joke would be if OP got a new DX2 with the updated 2.3.4 thats should be out in a bit and if it got rid of rooting or bricked SBF's.
Thats why you guys gotta complain to them so you can get an early upgrade to something better. Like the Rezound or S3 like I'm currently waiting for.[/Q]
Honestly, I am not worried about it. Funny thing was I called about my phone and they offered an early upgrade to my wife... who also got her phone the same time as me and wasn't due till November. Not quite sure why. They said I could use her upgrade.. yada yada... but I am waiting right now. Want to see what the next iphone is gonna be and make my decisions then. I have been thru 5 or 6 phones now and three different models and I am willing to check out an iphone. That is, if it is 4G. Not wanting to be stuck with 3G for another 2 years...
But I am not worried about rooting this new phone. Gonna leave it on stock and let it screw up and I am sure they will offer me something else...
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I have gone through 9 replacements trying to get the right phone over the last couple of months and am getting tired of it, what's everyone's opinion about switching to the nexus? I have to admit CM9* and MIUI are a big plus.
i just got a nexus and i love it, battery life seems alot better too. i will say the design of the rezound is better though.
I traded my nexus for my rezound a while ago and never looked back.
love this phone.
the nex is nice, but sense is what I like, I also found the overall build to be better on the rezound, (usually is with HTC..)
I came from a nexus for 2 reasons... 1) The radios are terrible on the Nexus. In my house, my wife has a Thunderbolt and I had the Nexus. Side by side, she would have 3 or 4 bars of 4G, me on the Nexus, like 2 bars of 3G or 1x. also the build quality is much superior to the Nexus. 2, I Luke the challenge of rooting lol. I had a Rezound before but I never rooted it. Traded for the GNex when it came out. I feel its an overall better experience with my rezound. If Ur looking to easily root and have a plethora of dev support, get the Nexus. If u like better radios and built quality, stick with the Rezound.
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I traded my GNex for a Rezound and the only thing I missed was ICS. This was my first Sense phone and I wasn't sure if I was going to like it. Turns out I really like it. Weird that you've had 9 lemons.. Mine has been flawless
Slacker101 said:
I have gone through 9 replacements trying to get the right phone over the last couple of months and am getting tired of it, what's everyone's opinion about switching to the nexus? I have to admit CM7 and MIUI are a big plus.
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*CM9. thats ics. cm7 is GB
antp121 said:
*CM9. thats ics. cm7 is GB
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Thanks lol just caught that myself, it's a habit xD used to have CM7 on my fascinate long long ago
If Ur looking to easily root and have a plethora of dev support, get the Nexus. If u like better radios and built quality, stick with the Rezound.
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I partially agree although I haven't had the best experience with the build quality on the rezound....
Traded my nexus for a rezound also. Gnex battery life sucks, camera sucks, and the phone is to big to hold in hand.
andybones said:
I traded my nexus for my rezound a while ago and never looked back.
love this phone.
the nex is nice, but sense is what I like, I also found the overall build to be better on the rezound, (usually is with HTC..)
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this(except for the liking sense part ).
i traded my gnex for a dev rezound(and then an s-off method popped up )
ive actually got 2 of them.since i could s-off my first one, i keep the dev phone put up for emergencies.
ive found the rezound to be of the same quality as all other htc phones ive had. i drive for a living,and my phone rides around all day with me,sometimes getting to 120+ degrees if i leave it on the seat in the sun. ive flashed it,s offed it twice, flashed the crap out of it some more,dropped it,and in general abused the crap out of it.
i loved stock ICS and wanted to love the gnex since it it googles proprietary phone,but to me it felt cheap and plasticy.
after 9 phones,i think you are overly critical and should move on to another device that may make you happier.
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after 9 phones,i think you are overly critical and should move on to another device that may make you happier.
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I was thinking the same thing.
We have probably 10 rezounds on our corporate account & only one has had to be replaced.
I can't even imagine how you could legitimatelly have 9 defective devices in a row..........
jmorton10 said:
I was thinking the same thing.
We have probably 10 rezounds on our corporate account & only one has had to be replaced.
I can't even imagine how you could legitimatelly have 9 defective devices in a row..........
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+ 1 he probably had pink buttons
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jmorton10 said:
I was thinking the same thing.
We have probably 10 rezounds on our corporate account & only one has had to be replaced.
I can't even imagine how you could legitimatelly have 9 defective devices in a row..........
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It has happened to me with Motorola phones. I am pretty sure it has something to do with the refurbishment process.
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+ 1 he probably had pink buttons
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I have NEVER sent a phone back due to pink buttons, no matter how much I dislike them. The first four were when I first got the phone, since I came from a droid charge and was comped this I got a refurb. First one had dead pixels, second one had the hissing audio jack, third one had a giant scratch on the screen, fourth one had a blown speaker, the fifth one was just right. Fast forward five months my "just right" phone would go through an extended and a stock battery in 12 hours, completely stock, never unlocked. I was annoyed and got a replacement. The first replacement was fine for a week and then went nuclear on my battery (literally got so hot that the stock battery bloated (yes I know that means the battery also went bad) It almost did the same thing to my extended as well. Fast-forward to yet another phone and this time battery as well, everything seems fine except for the giant scratch on the screen, I swear ti was in the same spot as the one from five months before. Then the next phone, got it, s-off'd it, working perfectly for two days except for pink buttons but **** it, and then I realized I've never made a call with it. Called my father and sure enough the damn speaker is broken, yes I tried on different ROMS and completely stock just to make sure, I know what a blown speaker sounds like. Now I'm on the ninth phone which seems okay for now but I'm still endlessly frustrated with the damn things. Plus I love MIUI. I just wish the build quality was better on the gnexus and I hate samsung's placement of ****ing buttons. It's like they expect you to have the hands of a 4 year old and be able to hit the awkward side button while it's in your hand.
I think everyone who leaves this phone just to get AOSP is crazy... Eventually it will come. In the meantime, there are lots of great roms to try out in the meantime. If you have other problems, I completely understand. But cmon.... Just for a rom?
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I think everyone who leaves this phone just to get AOSP is crazy... Eventually it will come. In the meantime, there are lots of great roms to try out in the meantime. If you have other problems, I completely understand. But cmon.... Just for a rom?
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I agree with you on this man ... People can be crazy sometimes
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dmeadows013 said:
I think everyone who leaves this phone just to get AOSP is crazy... Eventually it will come. In the meantime, there are lots of great roms to try out in the meantime. If you have other problems, I completely understand. But cmon.... Just for a rom?
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I mean it's all about opinion. I could see me leaving a Samsung phone if I wanted sense more or aosp if it wasn't available.
But it sounds like you should give the Gnex a go OP. What's the worst that could happen? You just come back.
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blestsol said:
I mean it's all about opinion. I could see me leaving a Samsung phone if I wanted sense more or aosp if it wasn't available.
But it sounds like you should give the Gnex a go OP. What's the worst that could happen? You just come back.
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Yeah that was my thought, they would probably let me come back if I hate it.
dmeadows013 said:
I think everyone who leaves this phone just to get AOSP is crazy... Eventually it will come. In the meantime, there are lots of great roms to try out in the meantime. If you have other problems, I completely understand. But cmon.... Just for a rom?
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i agree completely. im not a sense fan either,but IMO this is still good harware and worth the wait. like you said,lots of great roms in the mean time. scotts dev edition is an awome "best of both worlds" rom with the ICS theme,no sense launcher or widgets,yet the "prettiness" of the stock menu and pulldown. im enjoying it alot.
it helps that i can run a pretty functional cm9 on my sensation while i wait
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Slacker101 said:
I just wish the build quality was better on the gnexus and I hate samsung's placement of ****ing buttons. It's like they expect you to have the hands of a 4 year old and be able to hit the awkward side button while it's in your hand.
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ha! well said. i couldnt get used to the button configuration for nothin. like i said,i wanted to love the gnex,it just wasnt happenin for me. i also dont like samsungs bootloader interface,it just wasnt as fun to mess with,for some reason.
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i agree completely. im not a sense fan either,but IMO this is still good harware and worth the wait. like you said,lots of great roms in the mean time. scotts dev edition is an awome "best of both worlds" rom with the ICS theme,no sense launcher or widgets,yet the "prettiness" of the stock menu and pulldown. im enjoying it alot.
it helps that i can run a pretty functional cm9 on my sensation while i wait
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ha! well said. i couldnt get used to the button configuration for nothin. like i said,i wanted to love the gnex,it just wasnt happenin for me. i also dont like samsungs bootloader interface,it just wasnt as fun to mess with,for some reason.
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Completely agree, their bootloader is WAY less fun. At least, if it's anything like the fascinate and the charge it consists of a down arrow with a yellow android that looks pretty while you use odin to flash everything since their bootloader is half-assed.
I also would like to say that I do love our devs, and this is not meant and is not me being frustrated with them, simply my luck with regards to getting a functioning device which has lead to a lot of frustration. Regardless of if I switch I still have another rezound that I have access to and can use whenever so I will still be active in this community... I am simply asking the opinions of people who have or have had both devices (IE Scotty). Hell I would take a shot at deving if I had the time, I have experience with linux and coding in Java and Lua. Anyway I do understand the frustration when people post things like the "HAHA I SOLD MY REZOUND *****ES" thread (my translation of the title) where they seem to be bragging/flaming rather than actually trying to consult the community.
I would like to say I don't particularly appreciate the assumptions that my devices could not have possibly needed to be replaced that many times legitimately. I just have had terrible luck with the replacements themselves, almost all have arrived defective if you read my explanation above. I have never bricked a phone and I'm not particularly fond of some of the stories where people go "ops I bricked it, lawls, hey Verizon my phone is dead send me a new one because I ****ed the damn thing up and enjoy committing fraud."
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Completely agree, their bootloader is WAY less fun. At least, if it's anything like the fascinate and the charge it consists of a down arrow with a yellow android that looks pretty while you use odin to flash everything since their bootloader is half-assed.
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its a little better than that. you can use fastboot to do a few things,but it was still pretty devoid of any user interface,unlike hboot. radios were flashed in recovery. you unlock it pretty much just like the rezound,with exception that you dont need a token just fastboot oem unlock anhd voila you have access to everything.
I was due for an upgrade a few months back and never owned a smart phone but was able to get this phone free 2 weeks ago so obviously took it. Was hoping to get a few of you photon lovers to guide me in the best direction to get the best perfomance out of it. I have gotten the phone rooted and that is as far as I went. Due to so many mixed messages as to what are the best setups I was just wondering if a few of you that have had long time success with a particular setup could give me some steps. Thank you very much for any help.
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I was due for an upgrade a few months back and never owned a smart phone but was able to get this phone free 2 weeks ago so obviously took it. Was hoping to get a few of you photon lovers to guide me in the best direction to get the best perfomance out of it. I have gotten the phone rooted and that is as far as I went. Due to so many mixed messages as to what are the best setups I was just wondering if a few of you that have had long time success with a particular setup could give me some steps. Thank you very much for any help.
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I guess my personal input is
1 -- if you are in an area where you can get 4G speed, then stop and just enjoy it
2 -- use it awhile and if it does what you want to do, then stop and just enjoy it.
3 -- remember that ICS is coming soon. if you are willing to use an alpha ROM without 4G, and there is also something you Must have, then consider a custom ROM. And then enjoy it!
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I guess my personal input is
1 -- if you are in an area where you can get 4G speed, then stop and just enjoy it
2 -- use it awhile and if it does what you want to do, then stop and just enjoy it.
3 -- remember that ICS is coming soon. if you are willing to use an alpha ROM without 4G, and there is also something you Must have, then consider a custom ROM. And then enjoy it!
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1-- 4G isn't a big deal to me since it is in limited areas around here and my 3G isn't horrible.
2-- I am enjoying messing with it, just figured if I can give it a performance boost I would.
3-- As far as ICS goes, I have it on my asus tablet and love it but been getting mixed messages on when that will be available for us if at all. If we do get it, I'm assuming any changes I make can be reversed ( correct me if I'm wrong ). Also thanks for your reply.
i love the photon but it will never be 4gbunlocked so that sucks. i run gummy rom installed with kitchen sink. i have zero problems with anything. ive ran every rom on here. kitchen sink gummy is best. be careful about installing bravia through kitchen sink i could never get it to boot so i left it out. beats audio is cool though, as is the bigger ics keyboard.
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Seatttlereign said:
i love the photon but it will never be 4gbunlocked so that sucks. i run gummy rom installed with kitchen sink. i have zero problems with anything. ive ran every rom on here. kitchen sink gummy is best. be careful about installing bravia through kitchen sink i could never get it to boot so i left it out. beats audio is cool though, as is the bigger ics keyboard.
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I would really appreciate if you could give me a run down on how to get this on my stock photon, also did you happen to oc you cpu? I have read alot of the threads on different roms but it becomes a little confusing for first time, also knowing how to revert back would be good too. Thanks alot.
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1-- 4G isn't a big deal to me since it is in limited areas around here and my 3G isn't horrible.
2-- I am enjoying messing with it, just figured if I can give it a performance boost I would.
3-- As far as ICS goes, I have it on my asus tablet and love it but been getting mixed messages on when that will be available for us if at all. If we do get it, I'm assuming any changes I make can be reversed ( correct me if I'm wrong ). Also thanks for your reply.
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If 4g is of no concern to you then i would definitely suggest that you unlock. The little tweaks and such you can make to stock rom just doesnt even compare to what throwing a custom on it would do for ya. The reason i would suggest doing that as soon as you can is because the latest updates will permanently lock your bootloader, this also includes the ics update that is soon to come. It cant be reversed at this time unfortunately. Do yourself a favor and dont get locked down to a rom that you will never be able to get rid of.
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I guess my personal input is
1 -- if you are in an area where you can get 4G speed, then stop and just enjoy it
2 -- use it awhile and if it does what you want to do, then stop and just enjoy it.
3 -- remember that ICS is coming soon. if you are willing to use an alpha ROM without 4G, and there is also something you Must have, then consider a custom ROM. And then enjoy it!
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you and your 4g addiction. 4g is overrated.
unlock that phone and get some ICS on it! you will surely enjoy. even some of the GB custom roms. all of it's quite fun! :silly:
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If 4g is of no concern to you then i would definitely suggest that you unlock. The little tweaks and such you can make to stock rom just doesnt even compare to what throwing a custom on it would do for ya. The reason i would suggest doing that as soon as you can is because the latest updates will permanently lock your bootloader, this also includes the ics update that is soon to come. It cant be reversed at this time unfortunately. Do yourself a favor and dont get locked down to a rom that you will never be able to get rid of.
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That to me was well said thank you. That being said,unlocking is the first thing I am to do correct? Then I will be able to explore different roms and such correct? If this is the first step then I'm off to learn how to unlock this thing.
Here's a great reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1393519
Ok so I managed to get this thing unlocked and would now like to know the best roms....thanks everyone.
bigblue4life said:
Ok so I managed to get this thing unlocked and would now like to know the best roms....thanks everyone.
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Cybiks pure CM7 if you want everything to work flawlessly. Cm9 if you can stand a couple bugs and want bleeding edge ics. If you choose cm9 be sure to read the cm9 fixes thread for proper installation procedure.
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Has anyone had good success with Kitchen Sink and Gummy rom other than the guy earlier in the thread?
na7q said:
you and your 4g addiction. 4g is overrated.
unlock that phone and get some ICS on it! you will surely enjoy. even some of the GB custom roms. all of it's quite fun! :silly:
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In http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28393959#post28393959
I said
4G is Much faster, but I travel a lot and rarely am able to keep a 4G connection for more than 30 seconds or a minute or so. And more like 1G in my house, but I use 6M WiFi so OK. So, 4G for me is worthless.
Addiction? LOL!
Peace !
I have tried CM9 and Gummy from Kitchen Sink and for both roms can not get past the boot screen.
Ignore this. Didnt mean to double post, i is drunk.
Yep, success with both. Tell me your entire installation procedure for each and ill try to point you in the right direction. Its probably just a simple mistake. Also, the versions from kitchen sink are not the latest versions. Installing a rom the good old fashioned way is less convenient but less prone to error.
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I have tried CM9 and Gummy from Kitchen Sink and for both roms can not get past the boot screen.
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I don't think kitchen sink has been updated lately. there are more recent threads for each rom. this will help with cm9 questions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22915493
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Which version of cm9 are most people using? I grabbed the latest from Jokers site and seems good except I have no phone service lol.
Two different versions of cm9 and neither have a mobile network. I am using jokers recovery v3 to flash. not sure what I am doing wrong and damn the rom runs soo smooth, any help is appreciated. I am putting the roms on my sd card booting into recovery, doing a data wipe and cache then installing the zip from my sd. It boots into the rom fine although it does say something about an error once booted but the only problem I see is no mobile network.
Go to cm9 fixes thread, grab cm9 version 3.1. Wipe system/dalv/data/cache, install 3.1, boot, reboot to recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, install latest cm9, install gapps, reboot.
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