So...I've been a longtime lurker around here since the cupcake days and am doing my first post.
After having Motorola throw me under the bus with the last soak test and Sprint looking the other way pretending nothing happened, I decided to flash the KDDI radio to my locked Photon on the 2.3.5 OTA soak. By following the instructions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815200 , I was able to get the GSM radio unlocked with no issues. Everything works, including the CDMA radios, but for some reason I can only connect to Verizon in CDMA mode. I have a working T-Mobile sim for testing purposes, but my main account is still with Sprint until I can ditch them. I have already flashed the 12124 PRL back on the phone, but it still won't connect to Sprint. So here is the question: Is there any way to force the phone back on Sprint without loosing the unlocked GSM radio. I can easily flip between Verizon/ATT/T-Mobile from the mobile networks menu so this should be possible.
I know I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too, but it would be nice to not feel completely screwed over with this phone. Great hardware, half-assed software and no support.
P.S. A huge thank you to peetr and everyone else who has refused to let this phone die.
makakalo said:
So...I've been a longtime lurker around here since the cupcake days and am doing my first post.
After having Motorola throw me under the bus with the last soak test and Sprint looking the other way pretending nothing happened, I decided to flash the KDDI radio to my locked Photon on the 2.3.5 OTA soak. By following the instructions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815200 , I was able to get the GSM radio unlocked with no issues. Everything works, including the CDMA radios, but for some reason I can only connect to Verizon in CDMA mode. I have a working T-Mobile sim for testing purposes, but my main account is still with Sprint until I can ditch them. I have already flashed the 12124 PRL back on the phone, but it still won't connect to Sprint. So here is the question: Is there any way to force the phone back on Sprint without loosing the unlocked GSM radio. I can easily flip between Verizon/ATT/T-Mobile from the mobile networks menu so this should be possible.
I know I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too, but it would be nice to not feel completely screwed over with this phone. Great hardware, half-assed software and no support.
P.S. A huge thank you to peetr and everyone else who has refused to let this phone die.
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Sorry not answering your question I just have another one.
are you talking about these instructions:
On a locked Photon 4G, been locked for quite a while (SOB's!!):
Flashed the full sbf: 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.5-4.5.1A_SUN_USC_19.0-19-release-keys-signed-USC-US.sbf
Flashed the unbrick: 2.3.5_45.4.13ota_unbrick.sbf
Rooted with Photon Torpedo
Installed the MOTODX2 bootstrap
Installed Peetr's rom: HybridGBv20locked.zip (Was bootlooping, had to do a factory reset after this part)
Took two reboots before it showed up as the Japanese radio, and if it matters, in between the first and second reboot, I tried to install the KDDI zip from bootstrap twice, both failed. After that reboot, baseband ver went from unknown to N_02.29.04P.
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My carrier is switching from CDMA(Sprint) to GSM(T-mo) it would be great to switch the phone to GSM I just thought it could not be done
with a locked bootloader.
Yes, those are the same instructions I followed. Just two things to remember: If you ever get stuck in a bootloop, do a factory reset from the stock recovery (not bootstrap). Also, flash the KDDI zip from bootstrap a few times before and after flashing peetr's ROM. Once your baseband (visible in phone settings) changes from unknown to N_02.29.04P you are good to go.
I still haven't gotten Sprint to work again, but I'm not really missing it. The edge speeds on T-Mobile are faster than the "premium data" that I pay $80 for. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
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Does 2.3.5 have ##programming menu by chance? Also, when it tries to connect to Verizon, is it roaming at all?
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I have not been able to enter any of the ## programming codes. When I do switch to CDMA the roaming triangle will appear and I can dial out. However, after a few rings, a recording comes on that says "Welcome to Verizon, please wait while we transfer you to an operator..."
I also called Sprint to reactivate the phone, but they can't even see it on the network. They referred me to a "repair center" and they were more interested in selling me a new phone than fixing the old one. I was able to get service back by flashing the stock 2.3.5 blur ROM, but I loose Sprint whenever I go back to peetr's ROM. If I can't get Sprint service back on peetr's locked ROM I'll just have to suck up the etf and head for a better network. There's no way in hell that I'm spending the next 9 months on blur.
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Instead of flashing the two the SBF files would this not work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30332325
DXM31 said:
Instead of flashing the two the SBF files would this not work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30332325
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As far as I know, flashing the US Cellular SBF is what exposes some loophole that allows you to apply the KDDI radio. That stock rom that you linked is only good for taking your phone back to (almost) complete stock 2.3.5. However, I have found that after reverting to stock 2.3.5 the phone radio will not react the same way to flashing peetr's hybrid rom and you will not have access to the Sprint network.
So let this be a warning: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO UNLOCK GSM unless you have no intentions of using Sprint with with anything but the stock 2.3.5 blurred rom.
I don't consider myself a developer in any way (I'm a hardware person), but it seems like the only way to completely reset the phone back to stock would be an official 2.3.5 Photon SBF. Unfortunately, Motorola hasn't released that file as far as I can tell. I have a few more tricks up my sleeve, but I feel like a rat on a sinking ship.
Update: The ship just sank. My computer no longer sees the phone in RSD mode. Time to get a Straight Talk sim and wait for the Nexus 4.
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I don't consider myself a developer in any way (I'm a hardware person), but it seems like the only way to completely reset the phone back to stock would be an official 2.3.5 Photon SBF. Unfortunately, Motorola hasn't released that file as far as I can tell. I have a few more tricks up my sleeve, but I feel like a rat on a sinking ship.
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I think the ship has already sunk.
Outdated yet young Motorola Photon 4G
makakalo said:
As far as I know, flashing the US Cellular SBF is what exposes some loophole that allows you to apply the KDDI radio. That stock rom that you linked is only good for taking your phone back to (almost) complete stock 2.3.5. However, I have found that after reverting to stock 2.3.5 the phone radio will not react the same way to flashing peetr's hybrid rom and you will not have access to the Sprint network.
So let this be a warning: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO UNLOCK GSM unless you have no intentions of using Sprint with with anything but the stock 2.3.5 blurred rom.
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Thanks for the insight. My new GSM sim should be here Monday then I will give this a shot.
I really don't care to switch back to Sprint once done, it just would have been nice to have that option for resale.
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snip.....So let this be a warning: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO UNLOCK GSM unless you have no intentions of using Sprint with with anything but the stock 2.3.5 blurred rom.....snip
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If you're locked and give this a shot, you can go back to stock Sprint, I've had to do it at one point, after I soft bricked with the de-blur script, peetr_ posted instructions on how to do it.
1. RSD the USC sbf
2. Root with Photon Torpedo
3. Install bootstrap apk
4. Bootstrap flash the Stock Photon 4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_13.zip
5. RSD the 2.3.5_45.4.13ota_unbrick.sbf
This put my photon back to the way it came out of the box....or so close I couldn't tell the difference, and it worked fine on Sprint, think I had to re-activate it if I remember right.
matt51 said:
If you're locked and give this a shot, you can go back to stock Sprint, I've had to do it at one point, after I soft bricked with the de-blur script, peetr_ posted instructions on how to do it.
1. RSD the USC sbf
2. Root with Photon Torpedo
3. Install bootstrap apk
4. Bootstrap flash the Stock Photon 4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_13.zip
5. RSD the 2.3.5_45.4.13ota_unbrick.sbf
This put my photon back to the way it came out of the box....or so close I couldn't tell the difference, and it worked fine on Sprint, think I had to re-activate it if I remember right.
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I got that to work once, but I could only use Sprint on the stock rom. I lost the whole radio as soon as I flashed peetr's rom again. So I've come to the conclusion that you can use Sprint again, but only if you intend to stay on the stock blured rom. Without an official 2.3.5 SBF, there is no way to undo all of the radio/firmware changes that occur when the USC sbf is flashed.
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I got that to work once, but I could only use Sprint on the stock rom. I lost the whole radio as soon as I flashed peetr's rom again. So I've come to the conclusion that you can use Sprint again, but only if you intend to stay on the stock blured rom. Without an official 2.3.5 SBF, there is no way to undo all of the radio/firmware changes that occur when the USC sbf is flashed.
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Hmm, that may explain why I couldn't roam GSM/UTMS at all, I never tried it before I did the restore, but I couldn't roam out of the US at all with a local sim card. I can pop a sim in no problem now and it works fine. After the restore I was using the Slim Photon locked rom.
makakalo said:
So...I've been a longtime lurker around here since the cupcake days and am doing my first post.
After having Motorola throw me under the bus with the last soak test and Sprint looking the other way pretending nothing happened, I decided to flash the KDDI radio to my locked Photon on the 2.3.5 OTA soak. By following the instructions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815200 , I was able to get the GSM radio unlocked with no issues. Everything works, including the CDMA radios, but for some reason I can only connect to Verizon in CDMA mode. I have a working T-Mobile sim for testing purposes, but my main account is still with Sprint until I can ditch them. I have already flashed the 12124 PRL back on the phone, but it still won't connect to Sprint. So here is the question: Is there any way to force the phone back on Sprint without loosing the unlocked GSM radio. I can easily flip between Verizon/ATT/T-Mobile from the mobile networks menu so this should be possible.
I know I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too, but it would be nice to not feel completely screwed over with this phone. Great hardware, half-assed software and no support.
P.S. A huge thank you to peetr and everyone else who has refused to let this phone die.
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Another question, I noticed in the original GSM thread there is a download of apns-conf.zip did you have to flash this as well as the radio?
Just curious, it seems to me the ROM should already have the apn's.
No. The T-Mobile APN was already there along with Simple mobile.
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Hi, sorry about this. I just got my Atrix today from the US, unlocked, but it was from AT&T, with Froyo 2.2.2, baseband N_01.77.15P, build number OLYFR_U4_1.8.3 and I have a few questions because I am seriously going crazy trying to figure this out alone (it's a whole lotta complicated than my Milestone...)
I'm sorry if this would be a lot! I am totally new to this Atrix
1.) I tried the OTA update for the official Gingerbread but it was unsuccessful. Basically, I just rooted the phone then tried the OTA update and it didn't push through. Should I try again? I am thinking of downloading the file via laptop and transferring it then trying again. But I have seen some issues that their phones were bricked...
2.) Since this is an AT&T Atrix, should I only flash AT&T radio images or can I use the other images? (Southeast Asia or International) I don't know why but I only have one bar in the house, and a lot of times, none. Can I flash another radio image even though it is from AT&T? Will it improve my signal? I've read other threads here but one guy said that it should still be AT&T regardless of where you use it..so I am confused.
3.) I want to put CM7 instead to my Atrix since it is what I used with my Milestone. Should I first flash CM7 before I flash the radio image? Or the other way around? I figured out that this thread..well I just have to follow it yes? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257574
Thank you so much in advanced for those who would be helping me out.
Happy Holidays!
If your phone is only SIM unlocked, you'll need to bootloader unlock it to do the following. You'll also need to flash RomRacer's CWM recovery.
1) try use Fruit Cake if you want to upgrade to 2.3.4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009. Or if you prefer CM7, after BL unlock and install recovery, you can directly go ahead to flash CM7.
2) You can try to flash a newer AT&T radio, see the Fruit Cake post above, or the CM7 stable build post. My experience is that AT&T radio can be used in other countries as long as it's GSM/WCDMA and the frequencies are covered
3) flashing CM7 image won't affect the radio, they're in two different partitions and are independent of each other.
Good luck.
Hi, thanks for the reply. OK, I think shall go with the Fruit Cake but...how do I flash these FruitCakes via CWM?
search is your friend, my friend:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
Also if anything unclear: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600
I'm in the Philippines as well, I use CM7 Feb 20 weekly. 100.00R baseband I think it came from Orange FR, but it works great.
does your 3G work with your atrix phone? or do you need to get a contract from smart or globe? i have used my phone in the Philippines with no problem except having 3G or any data service but everything else works fine
Ok, so I have a rooted photon with cm 7.2 and sprint wasn't able to get it activated. ESN is fine and they inputed everything, but when I tried to do the ##yada yada thing nothing happens. It's supposed to let me put in a password. Does it need to be put back to stock then activated?
Yes you have to put it back to stock first.
Call me tomorrow after 9 am. I work for Sprint I may ne able to activate it for you. Pm me for my number.
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Joshhayes801 said:
Yes you have to put it back to stock first.
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PM Sent Miguel, thanks. I can get a stock rom from here right Josh? I guess that will unroot it too. I did do a nandroid backup, so I can just re-root it and run that. Darn, that's what I get for not reading enough. I just assumed it was no biggie to activate any phone.
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I forgot I already had rdslite and had to un root it before. I accidentally soft bricked it when I first got it so i'm returning it to stock then I'll call back. I'll give you a call Miguel if I can't get it working, but once stock it should be fine, thank you.
jeffrimerman said:
PM Sent Miguel, thanks. I can get a stock rom from here right Josh? I guess that will unroot it too. I did do a nandroid backup, so I can just re-root it and run that. Darn, that's what I get for not reading enough. I just assumed it was no biggie to activate any phone.
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I forgot I already had rdslite and had to un root it before. I accidentally soft bricked it when I first got it so i'm returning it to stock then I'll call back. I'll give you a call Miguel if I can't get it working, but once stock it should be fine, thank you.
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I don't have a photon so I wouldn't know but I am sure you can easily find a stock ROM. I just know I have tried to activate a few different phones that had custom ROMS and they would never activate until they were back to stock.
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Joshhayes801 said:
Yes you have to put it back to stock first.
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OMG i'm stuck in a boot loop=(.. I ran RSD lite and put or attempted to put 198 on twice and still in boot loop. Any idea what I need to do now to get it out of boot loop?
Factory reset with hardware keys, Link Here. Then try to SBF, AKAIK your supposed to full wipe everything before trying to SBF. If thats a no go then try a different .SBF file of a different version, may have been a bad download or the such. And incase you didnt know, RSDLite is supposed to come back with a failure at the end, its normal. And FWIW, I think you could have gone back to a Nandroid of a stock rom to get it to activate. Dont quote me there but im pretty sure, know for a fact you can update prl and all that when unlocked and on stock rom so you should also be able to activate id assume.
Joshhayes801 said:
I don't have a photon so I wouldn't know but I am sure you can easily find a stock ROM. I just know I have tried to activate a few different phones that had custom ROMS and they would never activate until they were back to stock.
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I'm going to flash a stock rom, but can I leave it unlocked? I unlocked it and put CWM back on so I can flash a stock rom and I think I should be ok. I'll give that a try first.
Edit: wwhhheeeww, ok so I just wiped data and dalvik and rebooted and the sbf file I was rsd ing came up. So it's totally stock, but with unlocked bootloader and with CWM. Rom is stock so I should be able to activate it unless the unlocked bootloader is a problem.
The only sprint phone that im aware of being able to be activated with CM is the NS4G. This is because sprint pushes a carrier profile from the network to your phone, which is what tells the phone it's allowed to use the network, and CM cannot receive nor retrieve the profile, hence why it wont activate. The reason CM works on our phones is because we already have the profile on it prior to flashing CM, its activated so it doesn't need to receive a new profile. This process doesn't work in reverse (flash CM then activate phone).
With all that said, the short story is you need to be stock or stock based custom ROM prior to activating a sprint phone unless it's NS4G. After activating and the phone handshaking with the network, flash away.
thanks
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The only sprint phone that im aware of being able to be activated with CM is the NS4G. This is because sprint pushes a carrier profile from the network to your phone, which is what tells the phone it's allowed to use the network, and CM cannot receive nor retrieve the profile, hence why it wont activate. The reason CM works on our phones is because we already have the profile on it prior to flashing CM, its activated so it doesn't need to receive a new profile. This process doesn't work in reverse (flash CM then activate phone).
With all that said, the short story is you need to be stock or stock based custom ROM prior to activating a sprint phone unless it's NS4G. After activating and the phone handshaking with the network, flash away.
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Thank you for that great explanation
I should be able to load up my backup right? I did it with CWM just before I put it back to stock. I haven't done the root but since I have unlocked bootloader and CMW I should be good to go right?
KSmithInNY said:
The only sprint phone that im aware of being able to be activated with CM is the NS4G. This is because sprint pushes a carrier profile from the network to your phone, which is what tells the phone it's allowed to use the network, and CM cannot receive nor retrieve the profile, hence why it wont activate. The reason CM works on our phones is because we already have the profile on it prior to flashing CM, its activated so it doesn't need to receive a new profile. This process doesn't work in reverse (flash CM then activate phone).
With all that said, the short story is you need to be stock or stock based custom ROM prior to activating a sprint phone unless it's NS4G. After activating and the phone handshaking with the network, flash away.
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i work for sprint and havent heard it put better. i have dealt with quite a few custs that wanted to activate on diff roms and always told em it couldnt be done but never could explain why... thanks for info there!
OK I'm in need of dire help. I own a Motorola Photon for SPRINT. It started with the fact i was using jokersax CM9, but had no signal. Tried all the fixes but nothing prevailed, so i decided to flash back to stock. I flashed and somehow I started getting "failed to boot 2/3/4". Eventually i came into dire need for it to get past the boot screen . So eventually tried the method of flashing U.S. Cellular SBF which eventually worked. Eventually got past the activation screen (go into wireless setting through menu button and change it to GSM) but now I can't make calls, text, 3G unlike the people I heard this method from, and I'm wondering how can I do that or how can i go back to sprint SBF
U.S. GSM towers are blocked at the hardware level I believe.
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OK I'm in need of dire help. I own a Motorola Photon for SPRINT. It started with the fact i was using jokersax CM9, but had no signal. Tried all the fixes but nothing prevailed, so i decided to flash back to stock. I flashed and somehow I started getting "failed to boot 2/3/4". Eventually i came into dire need for it to get past the boot screen . So eventually tried the method of flashing U.S. Cellular SBF which eventually worked. Eventually got past the activation screen (go into wireless setting through menu button and change it to GSM) but now I can't make calls, text, 3G unlike the people I heard this method from, and I'm wondering how can I do that or how can i go back to sprint SBF
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When you flashed back to Sprint stock 2.3.4 from CM9, did you format the system data? If not you will have problems going past the boot screen. I learned that the hard way.
Try the following to see if this works.
1) Use RSD Lite to flash back to Sprint stock 2.3.4 SBF
2) Turn off phone
3) Hold Power+Vol Down buttons and use Vol Down to scroll through options to "Android Recovery" and press Vol Up button
4) You'll get a triangle warning icon in the middle. Press and hold both Vol Up + Vol Down button to access stock recovery.
5) Select "format system data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition"
6) After that is done, select "reboot phone"
7) You should be able to boot up like factory reset
8) Make sure your phone registers with Sprint during the initial setup.
9) PROFIT!!!
Let me know if this works out for you.
I just tried to go back to stock through RSD Lite and it failed at "waiting for re-enumeration" and on the phone it says "sec_exception: febe, 4e, 4e"
How many times did you try this? Did you make sure before you started flashing via RSD Lite that you put the phone in "RSD Protocol support"?
Try watching this video to flash back to RSD Lite. Skip to 3:30 for RSD Lite part and watch from there. Its very step by step on how to go back to stock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94VcWk-CJc
If you flashed the USCC 2.3.5 sbf and not zip file, you have effectively locked your boot oader and no amount of sbfing will help.
You won't be able to activate it for sprint because of that.
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I understood that which why if I couldn't change it back to sprint, how can i make it to where I can atleast make calls and text or use internet (3g)?
You need to flash photon radio. That will help, I think.
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You need to flash photon radio. That will help, I think.
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Can you explain in more depth, with what radio and how?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573727
Graze through this thread to see if it is going anywhere. I used a variation of this to unlock my Electrify that shipped with 2.3.5 and a locked bootloader. If they got the method working you should be able to use it to unlock your bootloader and get back to a sprint rom.
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Can you explain in more depth, with what radio and how?
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You cannot go back with any Photon sbf, but theoretically, you can get your phone service back, with flashing Photon radio through recovery (maybe bootstrap recovery, if you cannot be unlocked), try it - http://d-h.st/lS0
I don't understand why the OP flashed the USCC 2.3.5 update when he has a Sprint phone. Sounds like it was too much desperation and with a simple look on the XDA forums the problem would have been solved.
I offered the OP a few steps to try out but has yet to get back to me. Oh well I guess he missed my suggestion or ignored it. Either way good luck with that.
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I don't understand why the OP flashed the USCC 2.3.5 update when he has a Sprint phone. Sounds like it was too much desperation and with a simple look on the XDA forums the problem would have been solved.
I offered the OP a few steps to try out but has yet to get back to me. Oh well I guess he missed my suggestion or ignored it. Either way good luck with that.
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I did, posted 20 mins after you did with my results, and it kinda was out of desperation that I did it since all i got was a load of sec_exemptions and failed flashes that I went with the method I did. But thank you for helping with those steps, I'm currently following the thread that can probably fix my problem without flashing
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I don't understand why the OP flashed the USCC 2.3.5 update when he has a Sprint phone. Sounds like it was too much desperation and with a simple look on the XDA forums the problem would have been solved.
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I think the problem (at least it was for me, and given the number of people posting that they accidentally flashed it, there has to be a reason) is that one of the threads with info on restoring back to locked/stock ROM says something like 'flash the attached bootloader.' The correct bootloader is *linked* inside a list of links, and the horrible, horrible 2.3.5 bootloader of doom is actually *attached* to the message with the warning about not using on a photon being up a little higher in the thread.
In my case, having done the restore a time or two on the phone already, I thought I knew what I was doing, so I just jumped right into the steps this time, and grabbed the attached (wrong) bootloader, only to discover that I had now bricked the phone.
I did a ton of reading here yesterday, and it seems the consensus so far is that these phones are bricked until someone can get their hands on an SBF of the 2.3.5 Sprint release that is supposed to be coming out in a soak test this week along with a similarly locked bootloader. I just ended up buying a new G Nexus from a guy on craigslist that had them off-contract for $250. Gazelle is buying photons for about $125, so if I can get it fixed in the next week or so (or try for a hardware replacement from Sprint), I'll only be out $125 for an cross-grade to a more hack-friendly phone with ICS. Not the worst mistake ever.
Ok, I am thouroghly lost when it comes to the dangers of bricking this phone as I come from a samsung epic in which you can basically flash another phones rom and it won't brick.
So I have some questions. TIA
1. First of all this is for the sprint photon right? What's all this talk about a sim card slot? Isn't that gsm only?
2. From what I'm gathering 2.3.5 electrify is a big no-no
3. Some people I'm reading say that since the 2.3.5 update the bootloader has yet to be unlocked? Let's assume my photon will come with the most up to date sprint rom so is it unlockable?
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Ok, I am thouroghly lost when it comes to the dangers of bricking this phone as I come from a samsung epic in which you can basically flash another phones rom and it won't brick.
So I have some questions. TIA
1. First of all this is for the sprint photon right? What's all this talk about a sim card slot? Isn't that gsm only?
2. From what I'm gathering 2.3.5 electrify is a big no-no
3. Some people I'm reading say that since the 2.3.5 update the bootloader has yet to be unlocked? Let's assume my photon will come with the most up to date sprint rom so is it unlockable?
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1. Yes, Well its possible to use gsm on the Photon since its now possible unlike the at&t version (Atrix) that is GSM only, so No/ Sorta
2. It is. .but its that method you go to when you have no where else to go and you'll make a contract to the devil to get this phone to go past the boot screen
3. As far as I know yes, but I'm not sure
xopher.hunter said:
Ok, I am thouroghly lost when it comes to the dangers of bricking this phone as I come from a samsung epic in which you can basically flash another phones rom and it won't brick.
So I have some questions. TIA
1. First of all this is for the sprint photon right? What's all this talk about a sim card slot? Isn't that gsm only?
2. From what I'm gathering 2.3.5 electrify is a big no-no
3. Some people I'm reading say that since the 2.3.5 update the bootloader has yet to be unlocked? Let's assume my photon will come with the most up to date sprint rom so is it unlockable?
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1. Sim card slot is for non-USA gsm service as this is a world phone. Can't use at&t or T-Mobile.
2. Yes, very much so. Stay away.
3. If you buy a photon, it may or may not come with 2.3.5 out of the box. I don't think 2.3.5 is official yet, but I may be wrong. I'm not stock so I haven't been paying attention. If it doesn't, just don't accept the update and you're ok. Root, freeze updater with titanium backup, and no worries. At least until ics is official, and then you may need 2.3.5 for that. I don't know exactly how all that works, but I'm sure someone here does. If it does come with 2.3.5, no unlocked bootloader, but it's still rootable.
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Hey Guys!
After flashing Mof's Ish locked rom by mistake, the phone kept on trying to find network at the start, and wouldn't come out of that.
So I flashed the original USC .sbf. Everything seemed to work except for the GSM service.
I decide to try another rom, so I chose this one http://d-h.st/uqV
Had no idea it could cause any conflict being the Photon's locked rom.
As I couldn't activate the phone on sprint, decided to get back to stock 2.3.5 flashing the USC sbf.
But when it gets to the end, the phone gets into an endless bootlooping just before the USC logo (sometimes I can see it in a fraction of a second).
Instaling the Photon rom was the cause of bricking it?
Any solution for it?
brunomcf said:
Hey Guys!
After flashing Mof's Ish locked rom by mistake, the phone kept on trying to find network at the start, and wouldn't come out of that.
So I flashed the original USC .sbf. Everything seems to work except for the GSM service.
The phone was brought from the US, and it has been used in Europe. I can't call USC to activate it.
I've searched and to flash the radio is necessary to have a unlocked bootloader. I don't because I have 2.3.5.
What can I do?
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Are you using it in Europe or outside of the US? If you are you don't need to do anything to get the GSM working. It's not locked for networks outside of the US. I assume you're just getting the activation screen? If you are you can easily bypass that. I think this works the same for the Electrify. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LLkyZ9Ji9Q
Solved! Thanks!
If you interested I putting together a version of the 2.3.5. Slim ROM for the electrify PM me.
Hello I messed my phone up (long story). I am on the Sprint network and have a Photon 4g.
I have been trying to get my photon to be usable again. I did have it working using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798145 procedure EXCEPT I could never get the services on sprint to work even though I flashed the radios. I've been working on this for a couple of days. Well I got frustrated and just decided to flash the US cellular 2.3.5 USC_19 sbf and use the phone that way.
It flashed but now it comes up with the activate screen and I can't get past it to root etc.
At this point I am just hoping to be able to get the US cellular to work and until I can up grade in a few months.
thank you
RoisF350 said:
Hello I messed my phone up (long story). I am on the Sprint network and have a Photon 4g.
I have been trying to get my photon to be usable again. I did have it working using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798145 procedure EXCEPT I could never get the services on sprint to work even though I flashed the radios. I've been working on this for a couple of days. Well I got frustrated and just decided to flash the US cellular 2.3.5 USC_19 sbf and use the phone that way.
It flashed but now it comes up with the activate screen and I can't get past it to root etc.
At this point I am just hoping to be able to get the US cellular to work and until I can up grade in a few months.
thank you
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Can anyone please help?
Follow steps 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. OR follow steps 1, 2, 3 and 5 if you want Peetr's ROM. I'm just guessing that maybe you mixed the steps.
Same my problem. When you finish flash stock rom and phone reboot see the motorola logo when it start animation remove battery then go to RSD mode again and flash unbrick when finish you may do factory reset if you got bootloop.
I'm pretty sure I didn't miss any steps but I will go back and try again. Thank you. I've been reading this board for a couple of years and have rooted and flashed a few devices and this is the first time I have had so much trouble. I'll post again when I get a chance to try again.
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stumped
well i followed the steps.
Can i flash the 2.3.x_libmoto_ril.so_254_12 radio via SBF?
If I could get past the us cellular activate screen then I could root by bootstrap and flash by recovery the needed radios, rom etc.
Maybe I'm missing something.
Thanks for any advice.
Anyone have the radios by SBF file?
RoisF350 said:
well i followed the steps.
Can i flash the 2.3.x_libmoto_ril.so_254_12 radio via SBF?
If I could get past the us cellular activate screen then I could root by bootstrap and flash by recovery the needed radios, rom etc.
Maybe I'm missing something.
Thanks for any advice.
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I'm still trying to get past the us cellular activation screen. The radios I have from the above threads dont seem to be able to be flashed by SBF.
Does anyone have the radio SBF files?
thank you