First off I would like to say that this question has nothing to do with the photon.. I also have am Atrix 2 (GSM). I am wondering if anyone could help us out over there.. I can't post this question there because nobody there now's how to do this lol. We are trying to get ics on the Atrix 2 and porting aokp from the Droid 3 works near flawlessly. Everything works except for calling/SMS/data the usual, well obviously because it is a cdma device and the Atrix 2 is a GSM device. These ports are stable enough for daily use if only we could figure out a way to convert them to take advantage of the GSM radio...
Could someone please give some helpful advise for this matter? I'm posting here because out of all the devices I feel the people here are the most knowledgeable and this is also a cdma/GSM world phone so it seems more relevant lol
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Could you possibly get Joker's GSM fix for the Photon to work?
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Could you possibly get Joker's GSM fix for the Photon to work?
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I just checked it out. It contains moto lib files and the buildprop is too heavily modified for the photon. Though I'm wondering if I could take that GSM fix and just edit the buildprop for the Atrix 2. But lib files are my concern. I didn't see any in the zip so that means his fix is using what's already on the phone. In the buildprop edit he has there are lines directing to the path of specific lib files. Those will be different between each device
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Would pulling the libs from the Atrix CM7 work? Sadly i dont have an Atrix to play with to help but i have been trying to talk my girlfriend into getting one.
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Spleef and th3bill are porting ics roms to the atrix maybe they can help. Wouldn't hurt to shoot them a pm.
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Spleef and th3bill are porting ics roms to the atrix maybe they can help. Wouldn't hurt to shoot them a pm.
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I wish they could but sadly this is the Atrix 2. Completely different hardware than the original atrix
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Not sure if you are still working on this project or not but would it be possible to flash the KDDI radio from halfevildruid's method of unlocking the Photon?
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Even if you have no coding experience at all, you can help. Testing is the easiest way to help. There are millions of lines of code and ways to set up these phones. Testing is the most important part of the development process. Without testers bugs will roam free. There are two separate major test categories, kernels and roms. Then minor testing such as mods/themes/etc. Kernels are the brains of the phone. Roms is the body. Both need to be tested and both need to be improved. When you test please do more than just quadrant. Make specific repeatable comments that will help some one fix the issue. Thanks and happy testing
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Ill do some testing.
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Even if you have no coding experience at all, you can help. Testing is the easiest way to help. There are millions of lines of code and ways to set up these phones. Testing is the most important part of the development process. Without testers bugs will roam free. There are two separate major test categories, kernels and roms. Then minor testing such as mods/themes/etc. Kernels are the brains of the phone. Roms is the body. Both need to be tested and both need to be improved. When you test please do more than just quadrant. Make specific repeatable commits that will help some one fix the issue. Thanks and happy testing
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Im in for some testing
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I don't have the time, got a few $$$ to help someone buy a phone. can sens to your paypal Joker?
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I have a photon already
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I don't have the time, got a few $$$ to help someone buy a phone. can sens to your paypal Joker?
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I think he is refering to sending you money to buy a phone strictly for testing.... so you dont brick yours
Oh well i dont mind. Its almost impossible to brick this phone. As long as you dont play with bad bootloaders(*cough yay4juggs *cough).
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I think he is refering to sending you money to buy a phone strictly for testing.... so you dont brick yours
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I do have a project i want tested. On the razr forum there is a project call debtop. Can someone flash my newest hardvfp kernel and test debtop on the photon. I believe i got the kernel to support it.
Edit gentop not debtop
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Ok - I'd love to help, but I'm not sure what your kernel is or the gentop is? I've rooted my phone, messed with a few simple things here and there, but other than that - I'm still learning. I did install a custom ROM on my old Hero, but I haven't messed with the Photon.
I do have time though - I work a lot of night shifts and if shown how to do something, I learn it quickly! If I can be any help, message me and I'll do what I can to help out!
I gotcha bubb. I'm in a 4G area if you you are still working on the bootloader
Hell I will even let you remote control my computer. Just don't go into the folder that says mmmm lol
No need. I actually know how to install a 64 bit operating system. Lol. Im slowly working on it. Its not a bootloader problem. Motorolas official engineering phones with real unlocked factory bootloaders dont have 4g. So obviously we gotta look elsewhere. Its possibly recovery related or some form of security check. Once we find exactly what it we can fix it. The best way is to dd everything. Like dd / lol. Once with stock, then after unlock only then recovey change. Once all three is pulled. Someone needs to run a diff, or physically cross check everything, eek. Once the culprit is found we will squash it. so obviously you can see this will be time consuming. Way more time then I ever get. I would have to take a vacation just to get that kind of time. I can do the squashing after the fact but atm im stuck trying to blindly fix it
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I gotcha bubb. I'm in a 4G area if you you are still working on the bootloader
Hell I will even let you remote control my computer. Just don't go into the folder that says mmmm lol
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Nope wont open that folder
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I gotcha bubb. I'm in a 4G area if you you are still working on the bootloader
Hell I will even let you remote control my computer. Just don't go into the folder that says mmmm lol
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Okay this is to everyone wanting to help. Find me cool patches. Remember your looking for arm no neon stuff the kernel is 2.6.32.9(kinda). I might update to .50 if I can ever find those patches. Most stuff I can manually patch and do, but 2.6.32.* patches are huge and I need .patch's to do that. If you find kernels from other phones with cool stuff please make sure they actually post source. A bfs 400+ patch for 2.6.32.9 would be awesome, so would proper autogroups. Post findings here.
Thanks and happy hunting
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I'm not a programmer but I would like to help if I can. Picked up my MoPho 3 weeks ago, rooted it, and did a couple buildprop tweaks but nothing else. Haven't unlocked it yet, either. I would like to flash a different rom and/or kernel but want to do more reading first. I also need to get the right sbf and such, too. Currently system version 45.3.6.MB855.sprint.en.us; Android 2.3.4; Baseband N_01.28.07R; Webtop WT-1.2.0-160; Kernel [email protected] #2; Build 4.5.1A-1SUN-198.6
I'm a MoPho-er
This is good!
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I'd be happy to test, but I don't want to unlock the bootloader until it doesn't break 4g
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Joker this is just a thought but have you looked at the LTE drivers at all maybe something could be made from that or in any way be helpful
Lte drivers are there. Edit the build.prop
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Joker this is just a thought but have you looked at the LTE drivers at all maybe something could be made from that or in any way be helpful
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Not sure if I can say much on here but try to move the signal to Verizon.
I saw on the zumocast advert on the motorola website the photon was sporting the LTE icon. Maybe a minor error with one of the artists or maybe a hint...
I have a rooted photon, and am wanting to go the unlock route, but cant be without my 4G. According to reading on here, unlocking breaks 4G, unless you take the "long road". Is there any other way to do this, I have not been able to find the method that superseded the "long road". Any help will be great appreciated.
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I don't know about 4G, but if you want it unlocked, give it to any brother standing on the corner in the hood named "Bones" or "Smokey!" (They will also unlock car, house and any other security measures in place!!
Not possible. Unlock= No 4G as of now.
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Not possible. Unlock= No 4G as of now.
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Correct, the release keys have not been given up yet. :-(
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I have a rooted photon, and am wanting to go the unlock route, but cant be without my 4G. According to reading on here, unlocking breaks 4G, unless you take the "long road". Is there any other way to do this, I have not been able to find the method that superseded the "long road". Any help will be great appreciated.
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The "Long road" you mean is most likely from a while ago with Alien Rom where you could unlock, flash the Rom, create a backup of the rom, relock then use Bootstrap to flash your backup you made of the Rom. And then you would have a locked bootloader (4g working) AND be on a custom Rom, however you couldn't use a custom kernel so no overclock or kernel tweaks. Most of the newer Roms won't work to do that with, as far as im aware. There are locked Roms like Rocko and a few other that allow you to use Bootstrap and maintain your 4g though, they just won't provide the full experience that a full Rom with custom kernels do.
Is anyone aware of a dev activley working on fixing the Wimax keys?
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Is anyone aware of a dev activley working on fixing the Wimax keys?
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From what I have seen and read following the ICS threads for multiple variations is that until Motorola releases ICS keys... we are all SOL on the 4g. Once they do (which most people project will be by June) the devs will work it in as soon as possible. I do miss 4g a bit.. but ICS after the unlock is worth it to me over 4g.
IMO it is worth it to lose 4g. Im unlocked on cm9 ics and it is the best rom so far. a few bugs but thats something i can live with
I was running CM9 for a bit, but after a series of unfortunate events, i was forced to flash back to stock. I had all intents to unlock again, but the speed of 4g is just so nice! that is, if you are in a 4g area. i haven't gone back to unlocking the BL for about a month.
I live in an area without 4g so it was easy for me to decide to unlock. I'm running cm9 and couldn't be happier. I can't wait till 4g gets fixed tho. Rumor is wimax is getting switched to LTE and we will be able to use the Verizon 4g service.
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I live in an area without 4g so it was easy for me to decide to unlock. I'm running cm9 and couldn't be happier. I can't wait till 4g gets fixed tho. Rumor is wimax is getting switched to LTE and we will be able to use the Verizon 4g service.
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The photon won't be able to use LTE, it is only designed for WiMax - so if you don't have 4g now, you won't until you buy one of the LTE phones coming out for Sprint.
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Even with the proper LTE drivers were found in the photon? I thought joker stated he found them while looking for the 4g fix.
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I called motorola and asked them if my photon was capable of 4G and the said yes and sent me a link to a developers web page that says it's LTE compatible with a software upgrade enabling it
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I called motorola and asked them if my photon was capable of 4G and the said yes and sent me a link to a developers web page that says it's LTE compatible with a software upgrade enabling it
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Thanks so much. I thought I read jokers post right lol.
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I called motorola and asked them if my photon was capable of 4G and the said yes and sent me a link to a developers web page that says it's LTE compatible with a software upgrade enabling it
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Interesting, so the info here is incorrect?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20331557
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I called motorola and asked them if my photon was capable of 4G and the said yes and sent me a link to a developers web page that says it's LTE compatible with a software upgrade enabling it
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Can you please share the link? Thanks.
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I called motorola and asked them if my photon was capable of 4G and the said yes and sent me a link to a developers web page that says it's LTE compatible with a software upgrade enabling it
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Hi - please share link showing that Photon is LTE compatible with a software upgrade.
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I called motorola and asked them if my photon was capable of 4G and the said yes and sent me a link to a developers web page that says it's LTE compatible with a software upgrade enabling it
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Bump again - please post a link. Otherwise this is smelling like BS.
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Bump again - please post a link. Otherwise this is smelling like BS.
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Shabby, Joker, DeedScreen and a few others clarified this back in November. Its a dead horse. This phone does NOT have a LTE Radio. No software or drivers will change that!!
If you go to the FTC website, they have pictures of open Photon with arrorws pointing to the interworking?
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I called motorola and asked them if my photon was capable of 4G and the said yes and sent me a link to a developers web page that says it's LTE compatible with a software upgrade enabling it
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Guess I got my answer. Just a "pretend I got an email from Moto" post?
I just got my electrify and I'm just wondering where to find information on rooting it and if maybe there is another forum somewhere for it. Any information is helpful. Thank you.
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YourWorstPoison said:
I just got my electrify and I'm just wondering where to find information on rooting it and if maybe there is another forum somewhere for it. Any information is helpful. Thank you.
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all info here: teamuscellular._com/Forum/forum/243-electrify-development/
Thank you.
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Please..model phone's MB855,why not flash SBF file of Photon? Current into about phone display is Electrify..
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sorry if this has been posted i couldnt find any where, i am rooted, unlocked shipped 2.3.5 electrify running miui, my question is no matter what rom im on even my rooted stock, when i charge battery to 100 even if i charge over night battery monitor widget instantly drops to 99 when i unplug, may not be the biggest deal but it is annoying, does anyone have any ideas how to fix this or is it just an electrify thing. as always any and all information is greatly appreciated.
My photon does the same thing so I think it's normal :beer:
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My photon does the same thing so I think it's normal :beer:
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An Electrify's just a Photon with 4G gutted out. Or rather, Sprint's WiMax chip. Some say it's not real 4G (or at least not LTE). As an owner of a 3G phone, I couldn't care much less about the difference.
I rooted mine using the Torpedo method. It's posted here and at Team US Cellular's site. I unlocked (shipped 2.3.5) using the Electrify.zip method, flashed the included CWM recovery, and installed Joker's CM9 build of ICS. Much happier with my Electrify now.
does anyone know if there is a sbf for shipped 2.3.5 on electrify in case i ever need it, dont want to lose unlock capabilities. thanks for any and all info.
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I just got my electrify and I'm just wondering where to find information on rooting it and if maybe there is another forum somewhere for it. Any information is helpful. Thank you.
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u want root. download terminal emulator, superuser, busybox, and in tm do this
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I just got the Droid RAZR with Verizon and I flashed a CDMA ROM and its working great, but I want to know if I am able to flash a GSM ROM as well. Well it cause any problems or no? Just a simple answer is fine and it may be a dumb question or there is a thread somewhere, but just like to know! Thanks in advance!
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There is a patch that allows GSM users to flash CDMA roms. I think the oposite is not possible. You have to flash a CDMA rom.
I am currently rooted with 2.3.5 locked bootloaders using Slim Photon rom. I am wondering if I can flash Peeter's rom on my MoPho Sprint as his post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1587770) does not talk about its compatibility with Sprint models.
If anyone using this ROM can help me guide.
Yes. Flash the locked version and the correct system version modules otherwise you'll most likely lose WiFi or radio capabilities.
Edit: I'm sorry, just flash the 254_12ril.so file
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Yes. Flash the locked version and the correct system version modules otherwise you'll most likely lose WiFi or radio capabilities.
Edit: I'm sorry, just flash the 254_12ril.so file
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Great. Shall try & flash it today. Was little worried since it failed to boot up the last time when i tried this
I believe peetr's ROM does not support 4G wireless. Just make sure.
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That's what I'm using. Breaks the 4G. But overall a much better layout and experience than stock IMO.
Working well on Sprint Photon 4G
I can't say anything about 4G since we don't have it in India. But 3G & all other services are just fine. and with ICS theme, this ROM fares much better then Slim Photon.
Thanks a lot guys