Got a question about bootloader unlock. - Motorola Photon 4G

Hey every one. My laptop and desktop decided to crap out at the same time. So I was wondering if there is a way for me to unlock the photon via the hd dock or via the phone without needing a pc. I'm already rooted but it seems pointless to have root if I can't even flash roms. On my Evo 4g I was a flashaholic. So please any insight would be greatly apreciated.
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MrWhite1127 said:
Hey every one. My laptop and desktop decided to crap out at the same time. So I was wondering if there is a way for me to unlock the photon via the hd dock or via the phone without needing a pc. I'm already rooted but it seems pointless to have root if I can't even flash roms. On my Evo 4g I was a flashaholic. So please any insight would be greatly apreciated.
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You can root it from just the phone, but to my knowledge you cant unlock. I could be mistaken though.
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Acvice said:
You can root it from just the phone, but to my knowledge you cant unlock. I could be mistaken though.
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no, cause you need to sbf the derpunklock.sbf and then you still need to issue the unlock commands thru commands prompt(moto-fastboot unlock)
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valentinoh said:
no, cause you need to sbf the derpunklock.sbf and then you still need to issue the unlock commands thru commands prompt(moto-fastboot unlock)
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Well i was able to borrow a laptop for the night. But its ubuntu. Can someone walk me through the steps? Or at least direct me in the area.
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MrWhite1127 said:
Well i was able to borrow a laptop for the night. But its ubuntu. Can someone walk me through the steps? Or at least direct me in the area.
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sorry, I can't help you with an ubuntu box
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[q] please help-think i bricked

I was trying to install something in BSR and ended up seeing what all the settings did. Now I realize this was a VERY bad idea. My phone only turns on when connected to the charger or pc. I cannot get into RSD to SBF...that is like all I know how to do in case of emergencies. Anyways I can press up for fastboot or down for nvflash...both of which I have no idea how to work and stuff. Plus all I have found on nvflash is with tablets! Is there a way to get out of this or do I need to play dumb and hope I can get a new phone at VZW? Thanks for trying to help in advance...I dont even have the 10 posts to ask in the development forum.
This forum is fine. Fastboot is used to flash. I'm sure since you van get into fastboot there is something you can do. I don't know enough about it to help too much though. Can you get into adb?
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Um sorry about my noobishness...i never used adb to do anything before so i dont know how to start it.
which OS sre you running on your computer?
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ztotherad said:
which OS sre you running on your computer?
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Windows XP???
trevsl95 said:
Windows XP???
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do you have adb installed on it?
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ztotherad said:
do you have adb installed on it?
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Most likely not. Hopefully someone with a little more knowledge than I drops in. What exactly did you do in the recovery? Were you formatting partitions?
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CadenH said:
Most likely not. Hopefully someone with a little more knowledge than I drops in. What exactly did you do in the recovery? Were you formatting partitions?
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i think he said he was on his other board...
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Where are the developers???

The developers earlier who had unlocked the bootloader of Photon 4G.... arent they trying to unlock 2.3.5 bootloader?????
We need their expertise n guidance ....
Please help us ???
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Cooldevil1989 said:
The developers earlier who had unlocked the bootloader of Photon 4G.... arent they trying to unlock bootloader?????
We need their expertise n guidance ....
Please help us ???
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They'll be back next Tuesday..
Oh.... seriously ...????
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Cooldevil1989 said:
Oh.... seriously ...????
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he's playing you. he's kinda rude.
there's not a lot of development going on due to driver issues. i would say so at least. so it makes things much slower. most all roms are stable with a few bugs and all ics/jb are without drivers and a few of the devs are busy with their own lives at the moment. so it makes development a lot slower!
Oh.... that means we will never have a unlocked bootloader except motorola itself unlock it....
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Acvice said:
They'll be back next Tuesday..
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Oh god, leave that in the Atrix Forums...
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Cooldevil1989 said:
The developers earlier who had unlocked the bootloader of Photon 4G.... arent they trying to unlock 2.3.5 bootloader?????
We need their expertise n guidance ....
Please help us ???
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Most got s3s now
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na7q said:
he's playing you. he's kinda rude.
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Haha only slightly! But I'm pleanty helpful when I can be Again, this is a question that pertains to the current bootloader delima, of which there is a wealth of information within 3 or 4 threads just on page one and two of general and QA..
2.3.4 bootloader was unlockable, because Motorola allowed us to download it and use it. It was not developed! And it's the only one unlockable bootloader, we have.
peetr_ said:
2.3.4 bootloader was unlockable, because Motorola allowed us to download it and use it. It was not developed! And it's the only one unlockable bootloader, we have.
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I am running a version of 2.35 that was not ota but shows a reservedODM value that is unlockable. Is there a way to use this to help unlock other devices?
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Why the 4G broke If so motorola provided this?
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JohnH4 said:
I am running a version of 2.35 that was not ota but shows a reservedODM value that is unlockable. Is there a way to use this to help unlock other devices?
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you could try doing the fastboot work around? if it's anything like the electrify with the 2.3.5 shipped bootloader you can easily unlock. try it out.
http://www.motosunfire.com/2-3-5-bl/
Okay. Looks good. Is there a way to extract logs or other info that might help the devs find a workaround or method to unlock the BL on other devices? Should anything be installed to help with that?
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Android gods, lend me your ears!!!

It's seems and I'm not when or why but Rom built it install kernels for s on phone is not loading the ph98img file, at least not for me when it use to. Also my computer no longer recognizes fastboot, I get a device not found message. The only way I've been able to install kernels is zips thru recovery then bootloader will work. This is all new, I'm not a noon but never experienced this before. All suggestions are greatly appreciate ...
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ghostt021 said:
It's seems and I'm not when or why but Rom built it install kernels for s on phone is not loading the ph98img file, at least not for me when it use to. Also my computer no longer recognizes fastboot, I get a device not found message. The only way I've been able to install kernels is zips thru recovery then bootloader will work. This is all new, I'm not a noon but never experienced this before. All suggestions are greatly appreciate ...
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This is in the wrong section. And also if fastboot doesnt work you should try reinstalling the drivers.
Edit: RUUing also helps with issues, if it will load the RUU. If not im not sure but i think you can use a exe RUU but im not sure if there are any made for ics.
ghostt021 said:
It's seems and I'm not when or why but Rom built it install kernels for s on phone is not loading the ph98img file, at least not for me when it use to. Also my computer no longer recognizes fastboot, I get a device not found message. The only way I've been able to install kernels is zips thru recovery then bootloader will work. This is all new, I'm not a noon but never experienced this before. All suggestions are greatly appreciate ...
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Just fyi, this should not have been posted in development. So since that has been said hopefully flaming wont start.
I had issues with fastboot when using the oem cord or mhl micro usb cord. I still use a regular micro usb cord.
apophis9283 said:
Just fyi, this should not have been posted in development. So since that has been said hopefully flaming wont start.
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Sorry sir, wasn't think. To busy freaking out cause I couldn't get phone to boot and I'm heading out of town for the weekend with no other internet.
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zkrp5108 said:
Please close post and reopen in general your more likely to get an answer. MAKE MAKE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE HTC SYNC OFF
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Love to, how do I?
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ghostt021 said:
Love to, how do I?
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If you downloaded HTC sync to get the drivers then look in the bottom right corner on your taskbar and find the HTC sync icon, right click and exit it
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I think he meant how does he move the topic to general discussion.
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If you downloaded HTC sync to get the drivers then look in the bottom right corner on your taskbar and find the HTC sync icon, right click and exit it
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squidder said:
I think he meant how does he move the topic to general discussion.
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Lol he can't, mods gotta do it
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Yes... I know this.
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Lol he can't, mods gotta do it
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Well, after farther investigation, it seems that since flashing asop I can't flash any sense 4.0 or higher roms... Not sure why?
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[Q] Can't Get Most Recent OTA on Straight Talk

Hey all,
So I've been constantly checking for the OTA with my Straight Talk SIM, and nothing ever happens. It's like the phone isn't even looking for it. It says I have to switch to CDMA mode, so I do, but then still, nothing happens. It's frustrating. Do I have to have a working Verizon SIM for the phone to look for the update? I have an old Verizon micro SIM that the phone recognizes but it's not making a difference...
Anyone?
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You have to be on Verizon to get the ota.
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Bigandrewgold said:
You have to be on Verizon to get the ota.
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Any way I can do it manually?
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sportsinger75 said:
Any way I can do it manually?
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With s off you pretty much can.
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Bigandrewgold said:
With s off you pretty much can.
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I guess I'm pretty much stuck then...
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No your not stuck but it takes a few steps to get the update on straight talk. You will not b able to get the ota but you can side load the update with ADB and fastboot if u know what you r doing. I don't own a DNA so I don't know much about them but I'm sure u can find instructions to flash a ruu if you look around this site long enough. Good luck and hope it works out, and by the way I was gonna get the DNA on straight talk but heard MMS wasn't working, is this still a problem?
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Question about unlocking bootloader with causal

I have question about using casual to root and unlock bootloader. After a few trys I was able to root but no success in unlocking bootloader. Ive followed the instructions and watched the YouTube video and nothing. My question is did I get bad download or did Verizon pull another fast one? Or is it simply triail and error.
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nachoandroid85 said:
I have question about using casual to root and unlock bootloader. After a few trys I was able to root but no success in unlocking bootloader. Ive followed the instructions and watched the YouTube video and nothing. My question is did I get bad download or did Verizon pull another fast one? Or is it simply triail and error.
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It may be helpful to say any errors or where it's failing. Also what method are you using? Are you sure it's the newest method by Adam? There are a lot of reasons you may be failing.
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Thats the thing there is no errors odin and casual run smoothly.
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Im almost certain it me using windows vista. I'll try windows 7 on my other laptop.
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nachoandroid85 said:
Im almost certain it me using windows vista. I'll try windows 7 on my other laptop.
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I meant what unlock method? Adam has 2 one is outdated
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Oh dang im running on the old version. I found the newest one
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I'll be glad when it's unlock and I can move onto testing havoc rom
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I'm still waiting for my link
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ill try to get it to you asap. things have been crazy around here lol
The old one is for ppl who didn't take the update right? What are the benefits of unlocking the bootloader?
IamPro said:
The old one is for ppl who didn't take the update right? What are the benefits of unlocking the bootloader?
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It allows you to flash custom ROMs found for example in the Developer sections.
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IamPro said:
The old one is for ppl who didn't take the update right? What are the benefits of unlocking the bootloader?
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no the old method is just old...i believe the new method works for both firmware versions.
O ive tryed both version of stock roms on both new and old casual got nata. Im going to try it on unbuntu
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nachoandroid85 said:
O ive tryed both version of stock roms on both new and old casual got nata. Im going to try it on unbuntu
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You must not be following directions. There is even a video to guide you through it. Droidstyle's guide works flawless.
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I just successfully used Adam's method. It works great. Had to reinstall the drivers before it worked, but other than that flawless. Check out pg 65-66 of his thread for more details.
If you find this hard to unlock, thank god you didn't own a thunderbolt that took near a half hour entering command line prmpts to unlock. Or the rezound that you had to short circuit with a wire in a precise time to unlock.
This phone was cake in comparison.
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nosympathy said:
If you find this hard to unlock, thank god you didn't own a thunderbolt that took near a half hour entering command line prmpts to unlock. Or the rezound that you had to short circuit with a wire in a precise time to unlock.
This phone was cake in comparison.
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Boy that rezound was a pita just like the htc vivid. Still wonder how people figure that stuff out
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kintwofan said:
Boy that rezound was a pita just like the htc vivid. Still wonder how people figure that stuff out
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Haha yeah. Juopunutbear.
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Well my problem was I was using windows vista.
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nosympathy said:
If you find this hard to unlock, thank god you didn't own a thunderbolt that took near a half hour entering command line prmpts to unlock. Or the rezound that you had to short circuit with a wire in a precise time to unlock.
This phone was cake in comparison.
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Omg yeah the rezound was easy but terrifying haha I flashed to stock so many times I became a pro at the wire trick. thunderbolt was scary too. Did that at 2am while drunk haha luckily it went very well.
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