yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] TexasRebel:
im not exactly sure...it happened after i tried flashing the new homebase 3.2 build last night...it got stuck at the bootlogo screen so i did a battery pull and did a restore through cwm...it worked fine until i flashed the 4.2 update and then i lost my signal cmpletely...is it a radio problem? i am downloading the new sbf file right now hoping it will fix my problem...
[Motorola Photon 4G] tbhausen:
I've been running 198_6 since yesterday evening, and have tested Gtalk with numerous friends. Everything is perfect! Thanks, Juggs!
[Motorola Photon 4G] lucidvtec:
I bet something related to his prl

U need ur msl so u can do a hard reset
[Motorola Photon 4G] TexasRebel:
where do i get my "msl" and what is an msl?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kevets:
Master Subsidy Lock. Think of it as the master code for the device.

You'll have to contact Sprint to get it. Most people don't have too much trouble getting it with a good sob story.
[Motorola Photon 4G] tbhausen:
You don't need your MSL... Just hard-reset and flash 198_6... This build rocks! I think once the low-bitrate streaming audio problem is solved, this phone will be as good as any mobile device ever made.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
Ok what the hell am I missing here. I flashed this from an unrooted stock ROM and now I cannot root. When I log into putty I get an error that the directory is not found. Did I miss something on this? I haven't ran into this before.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
I waa able to root with aio
[Motorola Photon 4G] agrenwa:
I'm trying to understand, is it possible that the RSD zip file is over 460mb and the rom built is only 165mb, can you flash the zip and get everything you would get from flashing RSD just deodexed and zipalingned.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
I get "E: core-util.c: Failed to get home directory."

It just repeats over and over in the shell. Any ideas? This only happens with this version for me. When i go back to the previous version this never happens.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
Did you try using aio root?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
No the sbf contains updated webtop and radios the rom just contains the system
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
I did not use aio. I used edgans dock method. Should I use AIO?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
If i told you that aio worked for me what do you think?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
Fair enough bud. I always went off the assumption the the dock method that edgan came up with was the preferred method. I will give it a go. Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
BTW - the dockless torpedo root method also works with this build.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xenkato:
from OP's first post

"STOCK ROM BUILT FROM 198_6 FULLY DEODEXED AND ZIPALIGNED"

Its a .zip.Can j flash this with cwm recovery?

or what is the use of that file?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
I'm hoping it can be flashed with cmw
[Motorola Photon 4G] xenkato:
Did it but become error dont remember what...
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
I didn't see cwm instructions, so i took the file out of the zip and used rsd without problems - that I know of. I confirmed the build number is correct, so i know it took. Is there a reason to flash with cwm and is the bootstrap cwm OK to use?
[Motorola Photon 4G] xenkato:
Maybe the OP should give us some advices
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
Obviously you cannot use cwm to flash the sbf but you can try flashing the rom i created from it with cwm. If you don't know the difference them you probably should read mote about cwm and rsdlite
[Motorola Photon 4G] xenkato:
Obviously..

But the SBF is this file "Download HERE", the other is a zip that i am saying

No offence my english not so good

You mean we can flash the zip fro cwm recovery?

Did it twice but i get error (status 0) installation aborted
[Motorola Photon 4G] agrenwa:
I tried flashing it with bootstrap recovery coming from the previous ota (198-5 rooted) and I got an error, Installation aborted.
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
I've tested gtalk video successfully, but if the phone is asleep when I get a call, a message box is displayed and when I select "Accept", the phone lockscreen is shown and when I unlock the phone, I am not in a chat session. I can only start chat sessions or accept an incoming invitation if the phone is on and lockscreen is not active. BTW - I am using the stock lockscreen.
[Motorola Photon 4G] enigmatl:
Is there some sort of counter on the phone that limits how many times you can use RSD Lite? I tried flashing this new update about 3 times and no go. Phone screen fills with noise after a point and RSD Lite says process failed. So I try flashing 198.5 which I successfully flashed before and same noise. So I am trying 154.5 now and have a bad feeling same thing is going to happen. Yes. Battery pull every time. Factory reset before the first flash.

Update:: Good sign. After the first disconnect when flashing 154.5, it reconnects. So if it continues, I will be on 154.5. Hopefully it will then let me flash the newest version.

Update: Looks like we're in on 154.5. Now I'll try flashing 198.6. Hope there is no noisy screen and process failed. Will update.

Update: Looks like we're in on 198.6. That was weird. I know you had to be unrooted and I was. But still, I was unable to flash this or even the one before it unless I flashed the oldest rom.
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
Same here and I also tried to toggle permissions with no change. The rsdlite file works but I'd like the deodexed version.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
So are you going to update the first post to reflect aio? Just for others that may encounter this problem. Thanks again for the tip juggs!
[Motorola Photon 4G] carrilloevo:
Do I need to be rooted to flash this or stock its fine? Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeYoon:
I am on 198.5 and can't flash to 198.6 using RSD light. I tried 3 times and failed.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
Are you unrooted? Make sure you are completely stock and NOT rooted. Then try and flash. I had a similar issue but made sure to go back to a non rooted stock rom.

Sent from my Tab
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeYoon:
Ah.. I see. I am rooted. Would reflashing 198.5 unroot my phone and make it stocked? . Thanks for the help
[Motorola Photon 4G] lucidvtec:
Finally got ahold of my gf laptop

Flashed the newest version ...had a error the first time ..worked like a charm the second time

Had to root again...used the AIO ...easy as pie

Runnin smooth so far
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
Can you preroot the cwm version. That would be nice.
[Motorola Photon 4G] enigmatl:
Did you look at my post like 2 posts up from your post? It might help you.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ianford10:
Moved to post #885
[Motorola Photon 4G] tbhausen:
I can't quite put my finger on what's happening here, but I think Gtalk's servers can be a bit cranky. My brother and I tested on the same wifi network and sometimes our phones ring each other--sometimes not. I have confirmed that I can receive and join a video chat while my phone was sleeping (requires unlock, then the chat runs normally). This was on a McDonald's wifi with stock 198_6 and lock screen.

EDIT: I tried keeping my hands off my phone after the video chat comes in and I hit the "Accept" button, and this DOES NOT require unlock. I see the stock lock screen briefly, then the chat starts with no intervention from me. This is all while the phone is sleeping. I believe this is how it should work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xenkato:
Has anyone managed to install with CWM recovery the .zip file from "STOCK ROM BUILT FROM 198_6 FULLY DEODEXED AND ZIPALIGNED" link.

Otherwise the OP must tell us how.

We all get error in flashing
[Motorola Photon 4G] reddragon72:
I just did this from the OTA 154 and it did not wipe my phone. I was thinking it would wipe it. Odd

For those trying and you keep having radio issues, make sure that you wait for RSD to tell you that you need to manually reboot the phone. Do this by pulling the USB and battery>wait 30+ sec>plug USB in and then battery and let the phone go(may need to power up manually). I kept getting radio failed to initiate till I did just what I did above.

Also AIO worked great, and I love this little one liner in there!!! should freak a lot of people out.
[Motorola Photon 4G] distaula:
I also haven't been able to get the zip to install with the bootstrap.
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
FWIW, I was also testing it with a phone on the same wifi network and we also started with problems until we logged all computers and tablets out of GTalk. Ill try it again and resist the lockscreen after I accept the chat to see what happens.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
For those unable to fladh deodexed rom i need to know the error you're getting so i can fix it
[Motorola Photon 4G] shawn328:
It reads error in emmc/downloads/(name of the file I cant remember all the numbers in the name of the file ) status 0

---------- Post added at 07:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:27 PM ----------

Hey juggs I was looking in the zip, it looks like you accidently packaged up some the programs you used to make the rom. I'll extract the zipfile in there and see if that flashes.
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
I just tried flashing the file off the mirror and got same error below as I did before:

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

E:Error in /sdcard/sunfire_unsigned_092511_104827.zip

(Status 0)

Installation aborted.

I then try to toggle signature verification and I get the following:

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
can you get me a logcat of the flash process?
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
Walk me through how to start logcat in bootstrap recovery.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
while in recovery and before you start the flash go to a cmd prompt on your pc and cd to wherever your android-sdk tools are so that you can get to adb...once there type in adb logcat.txt that should start the logcat and save it to the same directory as your adb.exe make sure to stop it after the failure
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
When I do this, I get the whole list of adb commands. When I type "adb devices", nothing is returned after the text "List of devices attached". If i start logcat this way when the phone is running, will it continue to record during recovery?

Edit: when i type "adb logcat", I get the response "waiting for devices"
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
start logcat then go into recovery and see if it stops on its own or try and pull up the recovery log after fail
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
will be in tmp/recovery.log
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kevets:
...and I was under the impression that it would retain data, usually at least.
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
Since I'm not unlocked, I have to be on AC to enter recovery and logcat stops when i disconnect from the computer. Maybe someone here who is unlocked can do this.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
rebuilt deodexed rom with hopefully a working updater-script has been posted for any and all to try.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xenkato:
Still the some error :

E:Error in /sdcard/198_6deodexzipaligned.zip

(Status 0)

Installation aborted.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
thank you for trying...looking into this further...i thought i had it figured out...ugh!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
removed link for deodexed rom till i can figure out what the problem is...this whole edify script is what's killing me...worked fine with bootstrap and amend...we need another recovery source other than cwm...
[Motorola Photon 4G] xenkato:
Ok thanks for you efforts
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
actually i think i fixed it...was syntax errors so i wrote the script from scratch using the alien script as a guide thank you kenny! will upload a new version soon
[Motorola Photon 4G] depperly:
So a few things I noticed about this update. First Webtop is fast, they atleast improved the speed by 50%. Second they are now detecting the lapdock and there is a notification icon that says the device is not optimized for this lapdok model.

Other than that everything is smoking fast, and it all works. I was able to flash from rooted stock with out incident.

Enjoy!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
perhaps that's a precursor to the release of a lapdock for the photon...one can only hope!
[Motorola Photon 4G] depperly:
That was my first thought. I certainly hope so. :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
added base rom back to original post...rooted deodexed zipalligned...can be flashed with either bootstrap or cwm
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
Trying it now
[Motorola Photon 4G] agrenwa:
I just flashed the update.zip via bootstrap and it flashed fine, thanks so much.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Wait a minute there Mr! Are you saying we will be able to flash this with Bootstrap recovery or am I completely off-base (see what I did there ? :) )

By the way, my offer still stands regarding you remote accessing my W7 64bits computer to do your magic regarding the unlocker that keeps 4G. Just tell me what to download beforehand so you can have everything ready to compile and what not once accessing my PC ;)

EDIT: Never mind, the post right above mine cleared that up for me, Bootstrap flashing, Yay 4 Yay! :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
Thanks, it worked!
[Motorola Photon 4G] schale01:
I also noticed that they fixed how the photon handles phone calls when attached to the car dock. Previously the phone would mute the microphone under certain circumstances. See full issue on: https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/473901#473901
[Motorola Photon 4G] dcowboys2184:
wont boot for me stuck at screen
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
I am running homebase rom. If I do a full wipe can I flash this?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
What won't the rom or the sbf?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
Yes you can
[Motorola Photon 4G] dcowboys2184:
The ROM .. Did a wipe coming off stock unlocked rooted..
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
it fixed my sound issue for sure...as far as the pre-rooted...im working on that as we speak...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
i can only suggest dl again and use 7z to extract it...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
no you do not need to be rooted and no it wont wipe your data but will need to be reactivated so be sure and have your msl handy
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
Thats what I did. Still get the chipset 53 error. Im gonna try a different version of rsd, hopefully that helps
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Is there a way to get msl without calling sprint? I have done it on my htc. Does it work for this phone?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
not aware of any particular way for the MoPho sorry
[Motorola Photon 4G] seniorstew:
Worked for me.. Only issue im having is the poximaty sensor doesnt work during phone calls
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
Yea, wrong version rsd. Tried using the same version i used on my X. All seems good so far. Thanks for sharing this :)

Cant wait for a rooted sbf...
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Ok, got my msl#. What would I have to do to activate it?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
dial ##yourmsl# then tap menu then edit...enter your mdn and msid if you know them...once that's done the phone will reset and will start to dl your profile and prl
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Thanks you are very helpful.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Mason_Voorhees:
Sorry 4 the noob question, but how do I get these #s ur talking about? Not as advanced as others here, but we share the same phone & sound issues. Thanx

Sent from my Phantastic Photon 4G
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
you will have to get it from sprint
[Motorola Photon 4G] twospirits:
Yeah that app called MSL Reader worked great on HTC phones, but on the Moto it on't work. It says that it can't find the /dev/smd0 folder which upon checking isn't there.

Anyway, I should have done this update before I rooted, but eh, its not so hard to re-root. Just having to call CS to get my MSL number and I hate doing that.

TS
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Worked great. No problems. And phone activated it self.
[Motorola Photon 4G] RickNY1971:
I have found the Sprint reps usually very agreeable to giving your MSL when you call in.. When I called for the MSL for my Photon when I got it, the rep said 'your call was the easiest so far tonight'. I simply told them I was calling because I have to edit the proxy settings because my streaming audio doesn't work right - and she knew exactly what I was talking about.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Mason_Voorhees:
Ok so I get msl from sprint, what about the mdn & msid? Where are they found? :confused:
[Motorola Photon 4G] JarkMackson:
Your MDN is your 10 digit cell phone number, your msid used to be the same number but you probably have to get it from Sprint.
[Motorola Photon 4G] RickNY1971:
On the Photon, if your phone is working properly, you can access MIN & MDN (MSID) from 'About Phone', 'Status'
[Motorola Photon 4G] gmplr831@comcast.net:
Your link is dead again. Could you reload it>?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
Pull the battery put it back in go into recovery do a full wipe then flash again
[Motorola Photon 4G] phyba:
Since this can be clashed from the boot strap recovery, does that mean unlock is not required?
[Motorola Photon 4G] dcowboys2184:
Did that twice and nothing
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
That is correct...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
only thing i can suggest is flash a previous sbf like 154_5 then flash the latest over that then flash the rom once you're rooted and have bootstrap or cwm installed
[Motorola Photon 4G] agrenwa:
I'm not sure but when i go with root explorer to system/app I see that all apps have the .apk and the .odex, and thats after flashing the update.zip which is suppose to deodex all the apps ??
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
I might be a bit dense but if I'm running Laser 1.1, do I still need to flash 154_5 first or can I flash straight to 198_6 deodexed ? I'm on the deodexed of Laser by the way...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
did you wipe first? try that then flash the rom
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
can flash over but i suggest wiping
[Motorola Photon 4G] criptix:
Hey did you ever get with anybody that had 64bit I can do it tonight if not just let me know what I need. Im trying to teach myself as much as I can.

That was meant to be a pm but im at work and being dumb.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Not sure what's up but after doing all the wipes and flashing via Bootstrap, I get force closes all over the place, root is lost, so doesn't look like a good idea going from Laser 1.1 straight to the update.zip...

It's getting late but I'm wondering, what's the best thing to do from there ? Flash the 154_5 sbf via RSD Lite and then 198_6 sbf ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] sub2k1:
1. I started off running 198_5 (from SBF).

2. Cleared all cache and data (factory wipe) from within CWM.

3. Installed the update.zip file. No problems.

4. Failed to boot (stuck at Motorola logo.)

5. Pulled battery and rebooted, still failed to boot.

6. Restored to 154_5 backup.

7. Cleared all cache and data (factory wipe) from within CWM.

8. Test boot into 154_5 successful. Rebooted into CWM.

9. Installed the update.zip file. No problems.

10. Failed to boot (stuck at Motorola logo.)

11. :(

Has anyone had success with update.zip?
[Motorola Photon 4G] phyba:
My version says 4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_6 after flashing? This is not correct is it?
[Motorola Photon 4G] RickNY1971:
For what its worth, I was simply rooted via the HD dock method, and all I did was remove /system/bin/su using Root Explorer, and then uninstalled Superuser app prior to applying this with no issues in RSD lite.
[Motorola Photon 4G] depperly:
Now that's nice... I will have to test it next time I am in my truck. My car has Sync and that has always been nice.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
Ok here is what I did yesterday since my phone was a nib replacement...I allowed the ota to dl and install then flashed the 198_6 sbf...rooted with aio...installed bootstrap then flashed my rom and whammy it worked!
[Motorola Photon 4G] pzztgotbagz:
Well i can assume 2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6-CM is now official with Sprint. I downgraded last night to 2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_5-CM and then when it did the check for software update system said i had an update was only 6.8mb did the update and now system version is showing 4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6 tried on both devices i have and one was still on 2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_5-CM and it also now shows 4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6 as the Build number.

YAY can you test this flash the 2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_5-CM build then check for software update.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
:(

i tried that upon news of 198_6 update only rolled out in certain areas this is why i obtain the sbf early so that everyone can benefit from it without waiting for ota
[Motorola Photon 4G] pzztgotbagz:
Yay i tried the 198_6 and had major issues. I typically flash all of the updates but this one was bad. I always master reset via Manual Method after flash and reboot and this one was having connectivity issues and wifi wouldnt re-connect. Now that i flashed down to 198_5 and did the OTA update the phone is smooth as butter and no issues. FYI OTA update is live in Houston Texas. Not sure if you have to be on 198_5 already or not.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
i really wish sprint were more proactive with this phone...watching football this weekend i saw at least 3 bionic variant commercials...and 1 lame sprint business commercial...in all honesty if it weren't for me and a few others here we wouldn't even know to expect updates...and i am almost certain sprint and moto are using us as lab monkeys to test and troubleshoot as they go along. very little r&d is going into this phone...we say what needs fixing...it shows up in a build somewhere down the line...I will keep up my efforts to keep everyone in the latest and greatest updates as they become avail to me...someone has to!
[Motorola Photon 4G] pzztgotbagz:
YAY,

dont get discoraged and we thank you very much for the support. I remember back in the old sprint flip phone days. The sanyo 9000 was one of the best PHONES that was ever built and put on the sprint network. Father in law still uses one and thats been like 5 years ago. But like everything that Sprint builds well they will discontinue it just as fast as they want people to continue to swap devices even though something new may not be as good as something already out. I love this phone and if it wasnt for using the Webtop i would probably jump ship. But continue to give us support as it helps since the community for this device is so small.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Thanks Yay, quite honestly, if it wasn't for you, there would not be any development on this phone or close to zero. And like you, I'm left wondering why Sprint has never advertised this phone and never pushed it in any way, as I believe it is the best phone in their lineup right now.

Applying the OTA update over here in Vegas, let's see what build I end up with.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mquinn24:
How did you get the battery percentage in that screen shot? Are you using the latest stock deodexed build. I've been looking for this mod and found one in the Bionic forum.

Thanks for everything.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
yes i am using my own stock deodexed rom with w/ a few theme mods...still working on the full theme. Right now it's only 10% increments but working on 1% as well
[Motorola Photon 4G] reddragon72:
In Houston myself and on 154-6 and no updates for me yet. Will keep checking throughout the day, but even on sprints site they state 154_6 is the latest.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mquinn24:
Awesome. Looking forward to it.

I contacted Nitro last night about the 1% mod he did for the bionic. I sent him the framework-res and systems.jar from your deodexed rom. He is working on it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
kick ass maybe he can figure it out quicker than i can