/// NOTE - the phone this question is referencing to is NOT bricked or bootlooping. It works fine...however...
Hey Photon users! I'm new to the Motorola Photon (my cousin's phone) and I have recently just finished rooting his phone for him. Now as I am no stranger to rooting, I have an HTC T-Mobile G2 rooted and blinged out, I AM however new to the Motorola phones..specifically the photon. After tons of research and dead end tutorials (due to out-dated or dead links or methods) I am running into an issue to fix this "Failed to Boot 2" Issue. I made the mistake of assuming rooting it was in essence the same thing as unlocking the phone. After little research I found this to not be true. Now I am stuck with the dilemma of trying to find a working Unlock Method for a rooted Photon 4G. Does it matter that I rooted his phone first? Am I going to be able to unlock his phone for him? I'm simply trying to install a custom ROM for his rooted Photon, yet seem to not be able to have the ability to install zip files through the typical recovery method as this would be his only option for installing new ROMs on his own. If I missed a thread where this issue has already been addressed, I do sincerely apologize and would greatly appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction. I've also uploaded a screenshot of his stats for reference. Thank-you in advance for any help that might come my way. I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and hope you all have an even better new year's eve!
-Mike Valdivieso
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You cannot unlock a photon running android version 2.3.5, sorry. Rooting and installing bootstrap recovery to flash locked roms is the best you can do. You'll have to look or ask around for that process since I've never done it - I avoided the 2.3.5 "update" like the plague. Best of luck.
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I bought a brand new photon 4g and upon activating it.. I made the mistake of accepting the OTA 45.3.6 because now, despite all my efforts to root the device using AIO's, torpedo method, and even using the relatively new method that apparently works well with the Photon
@ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235376
Im about ready to give up. Ive had plenty of experience rooting and flashing my HTC Hero CDMA and Samsung Epic however, i was not expecting this.
It seems the main problem with the AIO's is that they are outdated and I am only receiving error messages upon clicking the batch file (yes i have debugging while USB on)
If anybody could help me or give me an alternative rooting method I would be greatful. Would unlocking the bootloader before trying to root make a difference? Again any help would be super appreciated because I've ready the forums and used TFSE and im still coming up stock.
So I'm really new to the Photon too (came from an Evo4G), and had updated to the latest OTA as well. I just rooted using this method, it worked great:
[ROOT] Photon Torpedo, dockless root access
More specifically, I followed the directions here. Note: I did get an error message near the end of that process, but just kept going, and it worked just fine.
I haven't unlocked the bootloader, so someone else will have to chime in for advice on that....
That worked! And I happened to find another set of directions that made things even easier:
For anyone who will have this problem in the future, check out :
http://codehenge.net/blog/2011/08/rooting-a-motorola-photon-without-a-dock/
Great site rooted my photon in 10 minutes.
androidenous said:
Great site rooted my photon in 10 minutes.
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Ok, first off I'm a noob with rooting and things like that. My only experience is on my xoom a while back I came here for guides on how to get rid of the Canadian stock OS to put on the American one so I could get updates for ICS because motorola wasn't updating the Canadian and I was able to do it successfully without bricking. However, I've never rooted a device and I shamefully have only used iPhones in the past, so the s3 is my first android phone.
Theres lots of cool stuff I wanna do with a rooted phone but I'm reluctant for several reasons:
How dangerous is it really? I see the bolded red stuff saying they aren't responsible, but is it mostly a safety or is there really a large chance of bricking?
Should I wait? Like will people find safer/easier methods in the near future for rooting since its still a new device?
Should I not root if I don't know much about this stuff yet?
Thanks for any replies!
Rooting opens up so many more possibilities for this device. I made it 2 weeks before I rooted my S3. That's the longest I have ever gone before rooting a new device. lol It does officially void your warranty, but I've never had any issues exchanging a rooted device with [email protected] As always YMMV.
All in all, I wouldn't hesitate. It takes just a few minutes and is easy as pie. Just make sure you read and follow the directions as they are given.
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Exactly as said above. I made it ten minutes after getting it on release day before rooting it. Rever got around to actually using the stock phone!
Root is simple enough just only thing to stress if you're a noob' is to make sure the battery is charged before doing anything. Nothing could really go wrong if you're following the correct instructions for your device.
And thought I'd share, not that this phone needs to be any faster, but with a few modifications on a touchwiz rom you get large improvements over stock. I wouldn't advise to OC often though, see here
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Thanks! I guess I'll stop being a wuss and go try it out
One other quick question I forgot to ask-
When I root, am I done with it forever? Will I have to do a lot of stuff when updates come or anything like that or am I good to go?
I have scoured the forums and google. Im pretty good at figuring these things out. Not sure if im experiencing a factory mouse issue or not. No pics in the threads.
Issue: System info window keeps popping up in menu.(check img)
Occured: After flashing a stock Att md5 from liquid smooth ROM
Attempts:
-Reflashed several stock variations of the md5 through odin.
-installed terminal emulator and tried the typical "factory mode" that is pointed to Verizon users. Entering "echo -No...."
-Initiated self doubt then banged head on wall.
-ReReReFlashed stock ATT with injected root (downloaded from XDA thread)
Interesting points: All my roms and stock md5's have been downloaded from XDA. Im 100% sure im using the correct version. I noticed in attempting to finally sign up for XDA I was initially blocked from doing so because "in attempts to block spam, Verizon IPs are blocked" That's Weird because I'm an ATT user and was on my 4g network.
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uhm, you have already created this thread here. again, this is the wrong forum
You're in the wrong forum, this is the international i9300 forum
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You're in the wrong forum, this is the international i9300 forum
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Sweet Jesus I'm all messed up. I found where I need to be ha!
had the same problem with my phone but it wasnt one from verizon but i think it should also work for your phone..
was a big pain in the ass for months for me the 2 big texts in the middle should be your solution..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703175&page=5
ARCANAAA said:
had the same problem with my phone but it wasnt one from verizon but i think it should also work for your phone..
was a big pain in the ass for months for me the 2 big texts in the middle should be your solution..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703175&page=5
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ha I just typed the whole darn thing in there and it worked fine. sweet deal. I was really puzzled!
Hi -
I am sorry if this question bothers some ... but I have looked around (searched) for a day or 2 and learning the do's and don'ts
of Rooting / Installing Recovery / Flashing ROM's for This phone (my 5th Android phone). I am pretty familiar with rooting and
running custom recoveries flashing roms and kernels and even a little coding (very little) on many phones and tabs over the past
couple years. But this is a new phone ( well new for me ... old for everyone elses haha ) . I have used the search forum button,
but with this phone in particular (T-Mobile Version) it takes me to hundreds of different results.....
What I am asking for is ANY HELP AT ALL. Be it a reply or a link or just a push into the correct thread. Like I said, I want to
Install a recovery (either CWM or TWRP )
Root the phone
Start flashing custom ROMS and Kernels
I see some program called "Odin" but I have never used a PC app to root my stuff in the past ... so yeah I am confused
Lastly....what is throwing me OFF is my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S II, but it is the T-Mobile version, so it does not have the home key,
and I can't even figure out how to get into recovery without that.
PLEASE Help me .... Here is exactly what I got. ( See pictures bellow )
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S II ( T-MOBILE VERSION )
MODEL: SGH-T989
STOCK [JB] 4.0.4
Network: T-Mobile
SIM Card: Apx 2 year's old
SD-Card: 32 Gig's
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Currently I am running a heavily modded MIUI on a T-Mobile LG G2x P999 and I run Windows 7 Ultimate on my PC.
*Note* I DO NOT CARE if I lose anything that is currently on the phone.
Thank you for at the very lest reading this far !! I ramble on a lot I know Looking forward to some helpful replies :good:
Thibor
You're in the wrong forum buddy.
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Recently purchased this phone (April 2016 ZTE Imperial Max). Love the screen quality but do not like the fact that it can not be rooted. I have consulted an app on Facebook (Root Without PC) over the past 3 months and have been given the run around. Is anyone aware of rooting this phone? Never done rooting so it would be something new to me. If anyone could lead me in the right direction it would be very much appreciated . Mod Edit: personal email address used. This site gets crawled by spambots so please do not post your personal email!
same here, i recently purchased the zte imperial max and havent been able to find a root for it yet. is there any way to know if xda is working on it?
Root for April 2016 ZTE Imperial Max
I have imposed the question to xda forum and hopefully we will be able to get a rooting method for this. I am sick of bloatware and not being able to hack my games. I want control over this phone, not this phone having control over me. I have heard that as long as the boot loader is unlocked, then any method can be used to root the phone. I don't know how true this is though. I have tried kingoroot, iroot, and towel root, and they aren't working... So I guess it is sit back and play the waiting game
I would also be interested in seeing a root method, especially since there is an issue preventing me from updating to the B05 update.
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janekmuric said:
Read the rules.
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Sorry, found this thread from a google search, I wonder if a moderator will be able to move it to the right place, since it seems the OP made the thread on August 6 2016.