2.3.5 Photon 4g Help Please - Motorola Photon 4G

Hey All,
I been reading all over the place and it seems not much info or support anymore for the Photon 4g> I aquired the phone but it was in 2.3.5 already.
I have rooted it and rom'd
Are there any ways to SBF back to old version so we can obtain unlock, or is there any other way anyone knows about. As far as I know it looks like I am SOL....
Please help thank you.

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Nope.

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Kevets said:
Nope.
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Nope as in no support or nope as I am not screwed lol

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Screwed. And use the search feature.. It is your friend..

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InsanePostman said:
Screwed. And use the search feature.. It is your friend..
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I have used the search and I have read a lot. You know how things get buried. I figured if there was a way it would be stickied. Then you get link after link after link, go here go there, dead links. I figured I would just ask and save me hours of my life looking more.

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If 2.3.5 u are locked and cant unlock ur bootloader till now no one had found a way to do that but u can root and install boodstrap a kind of recovery to locked phones and u can flash some roms that are available for locked bootloader as hybrid rom it is really good
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MIONS said:
If 2.3.5 u are locked and cant unlock ur bootloader till now no one had found a way to do that but u can root and install boodstrap a kind of recovery to locked phones and u can flash some roms that are available for locked bootloader as hybrid rom it is really good
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Thank you for a decent reply. Currently I am rooted with Photon Torpedo, bootstrap MOTODX2, with MOF 2.3.5 slim DeBlure. It runs very nice and everything works great. I just play with my phone alot, and seems you have to boot to go into boostrap recovery. Then plug into ac charger and run recovery. I am unable to just go straight in recovery from reboot. Or by holding low volume/power doing boot menu. Which means if something breaks, I have to SBF and go thru the whole shabang again. Unless you know another way.
Thank you again

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U are right but when i was using bootstrap i noticed something if ur phone battery completely empty and the phone turns offf completely if u connect it to wall charger and open the phone it will goes directly to boot strap recovery try this and tell me
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MIONS said:
U are right but when i was using bootstrap i noticed something if ur phone battery completely empty and the phone turns offf completely if u connect it to wall charger and open the phone it will goes directly to boot strap recovery try this and tell me
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I will try that

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2ndComing said:
I will try that
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if you mess up the system you can restore using this method
http://www.motosunfire.com/system/ seems to work just fine for others who have tested it. you can then restore your system back to normal using bootstrap, assuming you make a backup.

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na7q said:
if you mess up the system you can restore using this method
http://www.motosunfire.com/system/ seems to work just fine for others who have tested it. you can then restore your system back to normal using bootstrap, assuming you make a backup.
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Now this is really useful. It sounds like this would fix pretty much anything that you could have messed up using bootstrap. Adding to my toolbox for my all my friends that updated to 2.3.5

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na7q said:
if you mess up the system you can restore using this method
http://www.motosunfire.com/system/ seems to work just fine for others who have tested it. you can then restore your system back to normal using bootstrap, assuming you make a backup.
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I just tried that method and I got a Failed to boot 4 Starting RSD mode message. I did it exactly the way the instructions were described. Can't even get into android recovery or anything now.

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bloodpool said:
I just tried that method and I got a Failed to boot 4 Starting RSD mode message. I did it exactly the way the instructions were described. Can't even get into android recovery or anything now.
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Well You'll have to follow these instructions then. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798145

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bloodpool said:
I just tried that method and I got a Failed to boot 4 Starting RSD mode message. I did it exactly the way the instructions were described. Can't even get into android recovery or anything now.
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pretty odd. it has worked for a few others who messed up the system. that's all it's really intended for. that's why i listed the link that the person above posted in the instructions. mine is for "soft bricks" or messed up systems. as for "hard bricks" it won't do anything because you've messed up more than the system. that's when you have no option but to flash the only 2.3.5 SBF available, which isn't even for the photon but the electrify.

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InsanePostman said:
Well You'll have to follow these instructions then. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798145
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Yeah I used that method after doing a little research on the failed to boot 4 error. That method worked great and went fairly quickly. Still can't use Webtop for some reason. Is there a way to reinstall Webtop? I bought my phone used haven't been able to use it since I've owned it. I looked around and I can't find any info on how to do it.

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I think u can find about webtop in tegra2 ubun webtop in dev section
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bloodpool said:
Yeah I used that method after doing a little research on the failed to boot 4 error. That method worked great and went fairly quickly. Still can't use Webtop for some reason. Is there a way to reinstall Webtop? I bought my phone used haven't been able to use it since I've owned it. I looked around and I can't find any info on how to do it.
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Webtop is installed unless you deleted it. I had trouble with it once after a soft brick. Had to factory reset to get it to work again ):
If you don't have a media dock but you do have an HDMI cable you'll need to modify some system apps to make it work. I have info on MotoSunfire.com in the mods section.
I think it's in the development section of this forum too?
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MIONS said:
I think u can find about webtop in tegra2 ubun webtop in dev section
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Is this the thread? If so then it says I need my phone to be unlocked to use UbunTop. Unfortunately I got this phone locked on 2.3.5 and I am really confident that it was the OTA update that the previous owner used.
na7q said:
Webtop is installed unless you deleted it. I had trouble with it once after a soft brick. Had to factory reset to get it to work again ):
If you don't have a media dock but you do have an HDMI cable you'll need to modify some system apps to make it work. I have info on MotoSunfire.com in the mods section.
I think it's in the development section of this forum too?
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I've factory reset countless times and the result is always the same. I don't have a media dock but I do have a lapdock. I started a thread close to a month ago asking for help but wasn't able to figure anything out. I appreciate the help and suggestions that were given but still wasn't able to solve this.
BTW, sorry to the OP. Didn't mean to threadjack.

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Sprint unlocked my boot loader?
So, Sprint says they unlocked my boot loader. Nothing seems changed... Still all the same versions 2.3.5. They had me wipe my phone so if it didn't actually do anything, well, they are dicks lol.
10/20/12
1/1
Sprint: We received your information and will connect you with a Chat Specialist soon.
Kirby C.: Let's move this chat and make it a window of its own. It will enable you to view other Web pages while we chat.
Simply click the white Yes button below now.
Kirby C.: Thanks. Let’s chat about your account.
Kirby C.: May I know the concerned line please?
You: My Numbah
Kirby C.: Thank you.
Kirby C.: Do you want to reset th
Kirby C.: *Do you want to reset the device?
You: What? I want to unlock my boot loader.
Kirby C.: Please follow these steps to hard reset your phpone:
Kirby C.: Ok.
Kirby C.: Please note that it will remove all the data stored on your phone.
You: Ok
Kirby C.: Remove and replace battery. Press and hold Volume down + Camera + Power buttons simultaneously while the
phone powers on displaying the M logo. Continue to hold down the three buttons until Fastboot appears on a single line at the
top of the screen with the M logo. Once Fastboot appears, let go of the 3 buttons. Use Volume down button to scroll through
choices at the top of the screen. When Android Recovery displays, press Volume up button to select it. If Android Recovery is
passed when scrolling through choices, continue to scroll through the menu choices until it appears again. If Volume up
button is selected for the wrong menu option, remove/replace the battery and start the hard reset over. Entering Android
Recovery Mode will appear. After about 5 seconds, the screen will change to a white triangle with a green Android icon. Press
Volume up + Volume down buttons at the same time to display the Android system recovery menu. Use Volume down button
to highlight wipe data/factory reset. Press Power button to select wipe data/factory reset. Use Volume down button to highlight
Yes – delete all user data. Press Power button to select. The phone will initiate the reset process. When Data wipe complete
displays, press Power to select reboot system now.
Kirby C.: Are you able to follow the provided steps?
You: yes
Kirby C.: Ok.
Kirby C.: Is there anything else I can assist you with today?
You: i like how the choices are no no no no no yes no no... lol
You: So this will unlock my boot loader?
Kirby C.: Yes.[
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So, what you all think?

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That bullish**t
They think we are stupid enough
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