I can install Photon Roms in electrify?
Yes. you just can't do a carrier unlock.
gtuxyco said:
I can install Photon Roms in electrify?
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They're same phone different carriers so yeah
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I know there basically the same phone. But can the SBF for the Photon be used on the Electrify?
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I know there basically the same phone. But can the SBF for the Photon be used on the Electrify?
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No, the SBF's contain carrier specific code, settings, etc.
Has anyone posted/leaked an SBF for this phone?
i want to flash sbf instead of update.
xiaopian said:
i want to flash sbf instead of update.
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What razr do you have? We have the sbf for eu and china right now
BakaPhoenix said:
What razr do you have? We have the sbf for eu and china right now
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its cdma razr.
plus ,anyone who knw could we have the sbf ?
xiaopian said:
its cdma razr.
plus ,anyone who knw could we have the sbf ?
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Whenever Moto gets them leaked.
Unlocking a stock USCC Electrify tonight using Pudding.
Plan on installing CWM or TWRP (after doing more research or heeding advice).
Not many ROMs say Electrify compatibility is included. Is anyone having any luck flashing these to their Electrify? Is there a universal conversion zip a la the ones used in the D2/DX days?
Mills00013 said:
Unlocking a stock USCC Electrify tonight using Pudding.
Plan on installing CWM or TWRP (after doing more research or heeding advice).
Not many ROMs say Electrify compatibility is included. Is anyone having any luck flashing these to their Electrify? Is there a universal conversion zip a la the ones used in the D2/DX days?
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it's the same phone minus 4g. everything is compatible with one another. no mods needed. just flash away.
be sure to flash this for eri/roaming fix. it's recommended.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1675772
you can also check out my site below for some electrify info.
good luck on unlocking. not many people have an electrify that they can unlock.
na7q said:
it's the same phone minus 4g. everything is compatible with one another. no mods needed. just flash away.
be sure to flash this for eri/roaming fix. it's recommended.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1675772
you can also check out my site below for some electrify info.
good luck on unlocking. not many people have an electrify that they can unlock.
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Thanks for the tips, this is exactly what I figured!
I'm not to nervous about the unlocking process, and I know the device I'll be working with this evening is a completely bone stock 2.3.5 USCC device which appears (from my limited reading) to have the best of chances. Any further tips I should know before this? I'm no novice, so feel free to talk as high level as you want.
And your site looks extremely helpful. I'll read through it in it's entirety by the time I attempt the procedure tonight. Thanks for the heads up!
Mills00013 said:
And your site looks extremely helpful. I'll read through it in it's entirety by the time I attempt the procedure tonight. Thanks for the heads up!
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well 2.3.4 is fully unlockable. 2.3.5 is only unlockable if you have a device that was shipped with 2.3.5. if it was updated or flashed to it you will not be able to unlock it. it's basically permanently locked. no way around it.
good luck!
na7q said:
well 2.3.4 is fully unlockable. 2.3.5 is only unlockable if you have a device that was shipped with 2.3.5. if it was updated or flashed to it you will not be able to unlock it. it's basically permanently locked. no way around it.
good luck!
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Wait, 2.3.5 is unlockable if the phone came with it? Has this always been the case? Did I miss a memo?
Acvice said:
Wait, 2.3.5 is unlockable if the phone came with it? Has this always been the case? Did I miss a memo?
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this has always been the case for the electrify. not the photon.
i don't know what took so long for the photon users to get 2.3.5 but the electrify has had it since nov/dec.
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Wait, 2.3.5 is unlockable if the phone came with it? Has this always been the case? Did I miss a memo?
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If the electrify is shipped with 2.3.5. Its sv1 so you can unlock it. But if it was updated via ota to 2.3.5. Then its sv2 and unlockable.
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mof9336 said:
If the electrify is shipped with 2.3.5. Its sv1 so you can unlock it. But if it was updated via ota to 2.3.5. Then its sv2 and unlockable.
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Is there a quick way to check the SV level? I assume it might tell me in the bootloader itself?
And thanks for the tips and help again to everyone, very helpful.
Mills00013 said:
Is there a quick way to check the SV level? I assume it might tell me in the bootloader itself?
And thanks for the tips and help again to everyone, very helpful.
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IIRC, it will error out, harming nothing, if it can't be unlocked. That's what it says in the instructions I received, though.
My Electrify was shipped with 2.3.5, and I'm running Jelly Bean now. I've flashed more ROMs than I can count in the last week alone.
As for the boot loaders (recoveries), CWM-Recovery that comes with the Electrify.zip unlock pack is the same as Joker's v3, and is your standard text-based, no-touch recovery. You navigate with volume and Power is your Enter. TWRP is all-touch, nice as hell. Both should work for you. TWRP is just nicer looking.
Now that Moto has an official unlock for the Photon Q LTE, is there a way to extrapolate what is needed to unlock OUR bootloader?
I've made peace with not having 4G, but at the same time, Sprint's 3G network is painfully slow....
Just wondering. Thanks in advance!!
celloevan said:
Now that Moto has an official unlock for the Photon Q LTE, is there a way to extrapolate what is needed to unlock OUR bootloader?
I've made peace with not having 4G, but at the same time, Sprint's 3G network is painfully slow....
Just wondering. Thanks in advance!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848352
Don't expect 4G anytime soon or ever really.
I find that strange. Is the Photon Q that much different from the Photon 4G that the unlock tool can't be modified to unlock both?
SUPERNUMBER said:
I find that strange. Is the Photon Q that much different from the Photon 4G that the unlock tool can't be modified to unlock both?
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Moto apparently provides you with a code depending on the phone. Without that phone specific code it wont work. Just the way it is I'm afraid. But never say never! But just because the phone has the word photon in its name doesn't mean anything. Literally every aspect of the q is different from og photon.
Unlock oem command is not implemented in Sunfire bootloaders (except derpunlock bootloader). I guess, we will need an update from Motorola with unlockable bootloader first.
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Unlock oem command is not implemented in Sunfire bootloaders (except derpunlock bootloader). I guess, we will need an update from Motorola with unlockable bootloader first.
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And we wouldn't be able to extract the bootloader from an SBF for the Photon Q because they are hardware specific, correct?
Has anyone ever explored letting the phone boot with stock recovery /kernel and then re-loading custom kernels through some sort of kexec implementation? (Or is this not possible because the stock /boot partition is signed?)
Thanks your answers.... just trying to learn the ins & outs
PS... esp. thanks to peetr_ for this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759997
Photon Q is very different piece of hardware = nothing useful for us.
I believe, kexec could be working. It's working on Bionic, Razr and Droid 4, I think. But we have no such man in the Sunfire community, that would make it possible.
Electrify, unlocked, 2.3.5 shipped, "Failed to boot 1"... how to flash to stock?
I have some issues with radio which requires me to flash back to stock. However, no matter what I try I can't get 2.3.4 installed, and always end on "Failed to boot 1". What is there I can try? I won't flash 2.3.5 by any means.
dwegiel said:
I have some issues with radio which requires me to flash back to stock. However, no matter what I try I can't get 2.3.4 installed, and always end on "Failed to boot 1". What is there I can try? I won't flash 2.3.5 by any means.
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There are 3 different 2.3.4 sbf files did you try all 3?
MarcquisDale said:
There are 3 different 2.3.4 sbf files did you try all 3?
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Err... where are they located? I only tried the 2.3.4 USCC SBF. Also, I'm pretty sure the Sprint one will fail. But wth.
Will try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798210, the unlocked rom with TWRP.
WAIT A MINUTE... there are radio SBFs too... will try them.
All radios fail at 6% in RSD...
dwegiel said:
Err... where are they located? I only tried the 2.3.4 USCC SBF. Also, I'm pretty sure the Sprint one will fail. But wth.
Will try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798210, the unlocked rom with TWRP.
WAIT A MINUTE... there are radio SBFs too... will try them.
All radios fail at 6% in RSD...
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OK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798210&highlight=sv1
The SV1 thread is interesting. It tells me about the failed to boot 1 error I've had... what should I flash on it?
dwegiel said:
OK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798210&highlight=sv1
The SV1 thread is interesting. It tells me about the failed to boot 1 error I've had... what should I flash on it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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I think you may have copied the URL incorrectly.
If it is 2.3.5 shipped you should flash 2.3.5 sbf. 2.3.4 will not work. The only available 2.3.5 sbf is for US Cellular. If you are using sprint then you need to follow peter_ 's guide and only available custom rom is hybrid rom from peter_
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pradeeppk said:
If it is 2.3.5 shipped you should flash 2.3.5 sbf. 2.3.4 will not work. The only available 2.3.5 sbf is for US Cellular. If you are using sprint then you need to follow peter_ 's guide and only available custom rom is hybrid rom from peter_
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Will it lock my bootloader? I absolutely CANNOT risk this.
dwegiel said:
Will it lock my bootloader? I absolutely CANNOT risk this.
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Please share its present status about 2.3.4 or 2.3.5, locked or unlocked.
You said that it is 2.3.5. So it is locked and there is little chance to unlock bootloader.
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Please share its present status about 2.3.4 or 2.3.5, locked or unlocked.
You said that it is 2.3.5. So it is locked and there is little chance to unlock bootloader.
Sent from my Motorola Electrify using Tapatalk 2
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It shipped with 2.3.5, and is currently unlocked through pudding.
dwegiel said:
It shipped with 2.3.5, and is currently unlocked through pudding.
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So there is no way to back to 2.3.4. Only available 2.3.5 sbf is for electrify. It may lock bootloader. I don't know because no user reported about it. Sorry.
Also curious to know which method you used for unlocking bootloader
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pradeeppk said:
So there is no way to back to 2.3.4. Only available 2.3.5 sbf is for electrify. It may lock bootloader. I don't know because no user reported about it. Sorry.
Also curious to know which method you used for unlocking bootloader
Sent from my Motorola Electrify using Tapatalk 2
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Pudding bootloader unlock.
dwegiel said:
It shipped with 2.3.5, and is currently unlocked through pudding.
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So let's be clear on this.
Do you have a Photon (Sprint) or is it an Electrify (us cellular)?
What version of firmware was your device running before everything went crazy?
We can figure out a lot when we know that info.
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JohnH4 said:
So let's be clear on this.
Do you have a Photon (Sprint) or is it an Electrify (us cellular)?
What version of firmware was your device running before everything went crazy?
We can figure out a lot when we know that info.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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USCC Electrify, it was running AOKP 4.1.2 when this happened, after which I went to peetr_'s v20 hybrid rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24574176&postcount=1.
bump?
Sprint 2.3.4 has made progress. Got to the NOW screen and am bootlooping. Will attempt to flash stock USCC 2.3.4. Got USCC 2.3.4 to boot, radio is still "Searching for Service"