Photon most likely NOT getting ICS - Motorola Photon 4G

just looked at the update page and they changed it from Q4 to "further plans coming soon".... no ICS or maybe they're planning on just going with jelly bean? From what i hear about motorola we might not be getting anything :/ https://forums.motorola.com/pages/00add97d6c

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Just started a tread on the discussions forums at Sprint. I am so fed up with the problems on this phone. And seeing that we as customer have been take for a ride. No words from Motorola or Sprint.
Is all BS if they were going to send the update why did they put it "under development" for months?

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ryantek said:
Just started a tread on the discussions forums at Sprint. I am so fed up with the problems on this phone. And seeing that we as customer have been take for a ride. No words from Motorola or Sprint.
Is all BS if they were going to send the update why did they put it "under development" for months?
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Exactly man. This phone is only a year old and we're still stuck on GB? Smh. We've been waiting patiently to at least get the drivers and libs to make our ROMs perfect but after learning this im putting my phone up for trade. First they push us back, now we might not even get it! Its bull.
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Jaemostoriginal said:
just looked at the update page and they changed it from Q4 to "further plans coming soon".... no ICS or maybe they're planning on just going with jelly bean? From what i hear about motorola we might not be getting anything :/ https://forums.motorola.com/pages/00add97d6c
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Of course they did. I thought it was somewhat obvious that if the Atrix changed its update status as would the Photon. We need not focus on our phone. If Atrix gets it, we will too, bottom line. So we need to help our brothers over there in whatever way we can as it will benefit us all. Don't lose hope, our efforts are making a difference. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31943331

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Acvice said:
Of course they did. I thought it was somewhat obvious that if the Atrix changed its update status as would the Photon. We need not focus on our phone. If Atrix gets it, we will too, bottom line. So we need to help our brothers over there in whatever way we can as it will benefit us all. Don't lose hope, our efforts are making a difference. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31943331
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It says the same thing for the atrix though. I guess we can only hope.
And this phone is screwing with me. I'm late for class because this phone thinks its funny randomly rebooting and staying at the moto screen over night -_-
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I am wondering how many photons are out there? A couple thousand I assume.
But, the worst part is that I fell they have been playing us all a long. Between Sprint and Motorola.
Sprint know that this phone has problems, they just won't acknowledge it. And sending an update to lock the device even more, I have never seem anything like that. Ever.

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Motorola is clearing stock of Photon 4G on their website with free car dock @$349 without contract...
It seems like we have been fooled by the lollipop of ics so that we retain Photon 4G and not move to other phone or operator till Photon Q is released... :banghead:
If so this will be my last motorola phone ever... If not then simply they are wasting their time in locking bootloader or with other security coding...
Funniest mobile phone company I've ever seen.
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Well this is it!!
First if all MOTOBLUR suxx big time..n as photon is nt going to get ICS or JB soon..this is d last Motorola phone i will av..
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Photon.... makes me mad
It makes me disgusted with the lack of support form Motorola. With all the Droid updates on verizon and no support for the Photon on Sprint seems like we're less than an after thought. I upgraded from an original EVO and the support for that was at least bearable. As far as rooting with the Photon unlocking the bootloader kills 4G Wimax. If I'm going to lose that might as well use an upgrade and ditch the Photon.

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This is definitely my last moto phone!
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i'm not hopeful about that but i think they are planning jump to jb directly.
droid 3 is a 2011 phone but status is: "Will remain on Gingerbread (Android 2.3)"
photon also is a 2011 phone but our status isn't certain like droid 3's status.

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I'm not taking any bets either, but I think they will skip ICS and go to JB.

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This will most likely be my last Moto phone.. I went from the Original Evo to the photon because I liked the build quality of Motorola phones. Friend of mine had a droid x and it seemed very well built. My photon has not had any of the build issues that my Evo did but i have been less than happy with the locked bootloader and lack of support on Motorola's part I assumed that when google bought out Motorola mobility we would be getting updates on par or faster than other manufacturers Guess that was a fools dream. Another reason i bought this phone was because i bought a xoom when they came out and was impressed with the tegra 2 and the quality of the xoom. My son has the original transformer and while it is thinner than the xoom, it feels kinda cheap and has some bright spots on the screen. xoom has had none of the issues of the transformer besides my 4 year old putting a small dent in the aluminum backing a couple weeks after i purchased it. I would love to dump this phone but since Sprint changed their upgrade policy i'm stuck with it for another year instead of being able to upgrade every year like I used to be able to. Was unlocked for a good while and enjoyed the ICS ports but got tired of sprints SOOOOO slow 3g and preferred the ability of having 4g when i want it. At this point i wish Motorola would just leak their build if they have one and let the devs here do the rest. They are pretty much there but without proper driver libs we are pretty much screwed. Becoming pretty annoyed with Motorola and SPRINT as a whole. Phone bill keeps going up and as far as i can tell just about every carrier in my area has faster data speeds. I was pretty pissed the other day when a coworker with an EVO flashed to cricket was able to access the internet in a building we were working in and i was stuck ROAMING.

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Punit Soni said that "Further plans coming soon" means they are still trying to figure out whether they are going to update that particular phone or not. So we as a community need to tell him that we need ice cream sandwich on our phones. whether it is because of lag or any other problems nwe need to convince him and Motorola to update our phones.

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kdog350 said:
Punit Soni said that "Further plans coming soon" means they are still trying to figure out whether they are going to update that particular phone or not. So we as a community need to tell him that we need ice cream sandwich on our phones. whether it is because of lag or any other problems nwe need to convince him and Motorola to update our phones.
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Hmm. wonder what factors they consider? How many users there are? Whether we are likely to upgrade within the motorola family of products? Presumably, how hard it is to do, but that's certainly not anythingwe can influence.

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murrun said:
i'm not hopeful about that but i think they are planning jump to jb directly.
droid 3 is a 2011 phone but status is: "Will remain on Gingerbread (Android 2.3)"
photon also is a 2011 phone but our status isn't certain like droid 3's status.
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It looks like the photon/Atrix ate the only phones in this status. The jump from jb from ics it's not nearly as large as the jump from gb to ics so I do consider this as an option. The photon is also listed as one of the devices that they promised jb updates to just last month. I'm hopeful but we're still playing the waiting game.
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No photon ics????
I just find out about the new "Further plans coming soon" status on the ICS photon, so I decided to contact Motorola about this, and this is how it went: (please keep in mind that English is not my first language, so the whole time I was trying to be as polite as you can be when you are this frustrated and the language barrier is not helping)
Denz: Hi, my name is Denz. How may I help you?
John Santiago: I just find out that you guys change the photon ics status to "Further plans coming soon" what does that mean????????
Denz: Let me check my resources first. One moment, please.
Denz: While checking for the information, please provide the serial number: Go to Settings, About Phone, Status, get the MEID.
John Santiago: deleted meid
Denz: Thanks. Be right back. Please bear with me.
Denz: As I have checked, at the moment, we do not have any information as to when the next update will become available or if ICS will be available for Photon. Motorola is a company committed to quality in all the steps of the this process We want to ensure that this upgrade will comply with Motorola quality standards before we officially release ICS for our phones. We will keep you posted.
John Santiago: that's it????
Denz: Please refer to this link for future ICS updates:
Denz: deleted link
Denz: Sorry. This one:
Denz: deleted link
Denz: I suggest to register in the Motorola Forum to get the most up to date information regarding the ICS update for Bionic. There, you can post your comments and questions. The forum manager responds to each concerns in a timely manner.
Denz: deleted link
John Santiago: bionic???????? I'm talking about the Photon 4g not the bionic
Denz: Sorry. I meant photon.
Denz: Kindly wait for future ICS announcements. Okay.
Denz: Anything else you need assistance with?
John Santiago: Is this how Motorola plans to keep happy costumers
Denz: We understand how you feel. We open a record for all consumer contacts which are then routed to the proper department for any further research. We thank you for providing your feedback and for bringing it to our attention. It is through feedback like yours that we are able to keep on finding solutions to improve our products. We just donut have any information right now.
John Santiago: Thanks for nothing Motorola "NEVER AGAIN"
Denz: If you need any more information get in touch. Thanks from Motorola, bye!
Denz has disconnected.
I know there's more people talking about this on this forums and I apologize if my post is just one more annoying new member talking nuts but I feel like I've been lied to and I'm pissed about it.
I only have one more thing to say "MOTOROLA NEVER AGAIN"

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Never say never, but at least not in the upcoming year.

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What I don't understand is why people are bothering customer service reps about this. You aren't going to get a straight answer from them because they probably know just as much as you do. Its not fair to them.
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johnstgo said:
I just find out about the new "Further plans coming soon" status on the ICS photon, so I decided to contact Motorola about this, and this is how it went: (please keep in mind that English is not my first language, so the whole time I was trying to be as polite as you can be when you are this frustrated and the language barrier is not helping)
Denz: Hi, my name is Denz. How may I help you?
John Santiago: I just find out that you guys change the photon ics status to "Further plans coming soon" what does that mean????????
Denz: Let me check my resources first. One moment, please.
Denz: While checking for the information, please provide the serial number: Go to Settings, About Phone, Status, get the MEID.
John Santiago: deleted meid
Denz: Thanks. Be right back. Please bear with me.
Denz: As I have checked, at the moment, we do not have any information as to when the next update will become available or if ICS will be available for Photon. Motorola is a company committed to quality in all the steps of the this process We want to ensure that this upgrade will comply with Motorola quality standards before we officially release ICS for our phones. We will keep you posted.
John Santiago: that's it????
Denz: Please refer to this link for future ICS updates:
Denz: deleted link
Denz: Sorry. This one:
Denz: deleted link
Denz: I suggest to register in the Motorola Forum to get the most up to date information regarding the ICS update for Bionic. There, you can post your comments and questions. The forum manager responds to each concerns in a timely manner.
Denz: deleted link
John Santiago: bionic???????? I'm talking about the Photon 4g not the bionic
Denz: Sorry. I meant photon.
Denz: Kindly wait for future ICS announcements. Okay.
Denz: Anything else you need assistance with?
John Santiago: Is this how Motorola plans to keep happy costumers
Denz: We understand how you feel. We open a record for all consumer contacts which are then routed to the proper department for any further research. We thank you for providing your feedback and for bringing it to our attention. It is through feedback like yours that we are able to keep on finding solutions to improve our products. We just donut have any information right now.
John Santiago: Thanks for nothing Motorola "NEVER AGAIN"
Denz: If you need any more information get in touch. Thanks from Motorola, bye!
Denz has disconnected.
I know there's more people talking about this on this forums and I apologize if my post is just one more annoying new member talking nuts but I feel like I've been lied to and I'm pissed about it.
I only have one more thing to say "MOTOROLA NEVER AGAIN"
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We just donut have the information lol
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