yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
The word "unlocked" at the top of my bootscreen is making me emotional :eek:

Your the man Yay, but you already know that ;)

I cant beleive theres not one "thanks" to Yay in the OP, I used all mine for the day or I would have used all 5 on him :cool:
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Make sure to thank the2dcour also. He created the unlock files from Yay's leak.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZiggSVO:
And im sure more people will thank them once its released for sure :p
[Motorola Photon 4G] criptix:
Im a recovering crack flasher.......this is enabling!!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
I will be sure to do that...
[Motorola Photon 4G] donniegood:
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
[Motorola Photon 4G] Calkulin:
Just some proof....

Thanks again Yay
[Motorola Photon 4G] juhde:
Due to device similarities, is there any chance the method you used could be applied to the Droid X2?

Sent from OH MY GOD IS THAT A SQUIRREL!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
i honestly dont think it will as the unlock is device specific
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
No chance that this will work on another device. Still, you should keep your developers on the lookout for developer SBF files with "fastboot oem unlock" built in. You might end up with some pudding for yourselves.
[Motorola Photon 4G] juhde:
Ahh so this was a leaked dev sbf similar to the atrix unlock. I didn't know that.

Thanks for the info guys.

Sent from OH MY GOD IS THAT A SQUIRREL!
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
I KNEW I KNEW HIM FROM SOMEWHERE!!!!! I kept thinking ppc....now its official!!! :):p:D
[Motorola Photon 4G] xcharles718:
Long-time beta tester. Started using ROMs with the Mogul. Did some small-time Apps for WinMo. Thinking about developing Apps for Android. High School student.

Sent from my Photon 4G using the XDA App for Android
[Motorola Photon 4G] YBCold:
tanks to everyone making this possible.

I take it if all goes right we should be able to start flashing ROMs soon?

I'm really excited!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Happy to assist in any way I can as I intend to make my Evo Desktop look like child's play compared to the Photon Desktop project. If you need references, maxthon, shinzul and agrabren vouch for my data and analysis skills.
[Motorola Photon 4G] scoobdude:
YAY 4 JUGGS!!!!!! I think that statement is true in 3 ways :P

Thanks for getting this going. And people.. thanks for reminding me about ppcgeeks. Have not been on there in ages (since my diamond and mogul days)

Thanks to all others involved in getting this up and running!!!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] ericdabbs:
Hopefully Yay4Juggs and his devs/testers can work out the kinks and test it thoroughly before releasing to us that would be great. If there is a ROM or 2 to test that would be even better.

I'll be watching this thread for updates on when the unlock files will be released. Then the real work of coming up with custom kernels to OC/UC the system should be next.
[Motorola Photon 4G] the2dcour:
It should be flawless on any Sprint / US phone... the only problems would occur on international / non-sprint phones maybe. Just like the atrix. I would also discourage any downgrading to lower versions after the unlock, this has caused problems for atrix users and is untested for photon afaik.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
I'm not aware of any other country getting the MB855 as of yet, so could that mean we're not sure if this could affect the GSM capabilities of the phone ? I would hate to buy a local SIM to the country I'm visiting and not being able to have voice functions.

Is it possible to flash a SBF or an image of some kind to get back to unlocked/unrooted like when we use RUU on HTC phones ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
i guess the only way to know if it is affected is to try it out?

to go back to being locked just flash over the latest sbf i posted in a previous thread.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
that tells me you're using cm5 and have not unlocked
[Motorola Photon 4G] zikronix:
can you give me the sizes of the db file and the 2 files in mfg
[Motorola Photon 4G] zikronix:
exactly....this is so far one of the few differences i have found. just trying to help. I posted a log cat a page back. intresting. allthough so far changing the permissions didnt make a difference.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
did you notice the handover error?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
db is 29k

macxvi is 144bytes

macxvi350.bin lists o bytes
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
Dam...looking at that log it not the radio it getting cleared off the network.

.hope they do not use some kind of checksum based on the unquie bootlock code of the phone to authorise wimax network access
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
i have the original oemunlock i am going to flash that again and see if anything changes
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
Any one able to post a cat log from a good wimax call setup so can do a stare and compare with the fail one all ready posted.

?.
[Motorola Photon 4G] zikronix:
I did see that. I still think it could be a cert problem

Sent from the motherfn now network.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
ok i need someone who is unlocked and has 4g STAT!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
I got it send me the test
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
you got what?
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
I'm unlocked and in a 4g area. I thought that was what you wanted
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
i need someone with working 4g
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
Ahh sorry I just wanted to help
[Motorola Photon 4G] Medic97:
Don't think anyone knocked has working 4g. But i could be wrong.
[Motorola Photon 4G] zikronix:
This would be a correct statement

Sent from the motherfn now network.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
I have working 4G as I stated earlier- but I can tell you right now, I don't have the knowledge to be a tester. 90& of what's talked about around here might as well be a foreign language.

Wish I could help but the most help I can give is acknowledging my own limitations.
[Motorola Photon 4G] roadster92:
You have 4G working after Unlocking the Boot loader?

I have been flashing like maniac last night but never get 4G to connected with Sprint network with unlock boot loader. Flash back to MR5 and rooted and 4G all good.

The problem is after unlock the boot loader. 4G radio is ON, but when 4G signal acquired it could never lock or obtain the IP from Sprint. That's how I see it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
Yes. I tried to install several screen capture apps from the market earlier to prove it. All those for *root* phones wouldn't install or installed with an error.

PicMe~ failed starting the server. Please check that you have ***ROOT*** access on your device and enabled access to the lower level graphics.

Shootme~ successful took 3 blank pics

Screenshot~ Error on fb0 (whatever that means)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
ok flashed back to stock then rooted via webtop and then drove to the east side(yes i was packin don't you worry) and was able to connect to the only 4g tower in the area and ran a few speedtests to just confirm...2.8mps now i am going to flash over with the 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-118-MOTOEMUNLOCK-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
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[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
im having the same issues with 4g....ill pull my build.prop and you guys could have a look
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
here it is +10char
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Yes, I checked tonight when I got to work just to confirm the 4G problem and it would try connecting then just disconnect as everyone else is experiencing. Just out of curiosity, how would one restore back to stock locked and unrooted like it came from the store? Is there an RUU floating around? Im not going to but is nice to know "just in case".
[Motorola Photon 4G] roadster92:
I used this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1202666

It's not the original stock but newer version MR5. Just flash and re-activate.
[Motorola Photon 4G] roadster92:
I am trying to learn here so bare with me. I got a question.

If I understand correctly, the MR5 sfb and the pudding_stock_unlock sfb are the same build. Should both build prop be the same?

Nevermind, I just answered my own question:

I downloaded the buildprop from ooxcfhxoo post#407 with 4G problem and check against my buildprop (MR5) with good 4G. They are identical.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
tester with unlocked and 4g issue needed please
[Motorola Photon 4G] roadster92:
+1 ... I am available :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
ok stay put i will be right back with something for you
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
Im going to start a new thread because i want to bring up the issue and stay unlocked
[Motorola Photon 4G] roadster92:
OK , I will wait :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Medic97:
I'm around unless I need windows I only have my mac here

Scratch that I just got a job.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
download...extract...flash with sbf...test 4g
[Motorola Photon 4G] roadster92:
Ok.. On it .. Downloading .. Let you know soon

It's a no go after 10 minutes of scanning and found 4G, but never get connected to Sprint.

Here are the logcat (I replace my phone number with xxxxxxxxxx) for both the MR5 vs puddingv2. Hope this help.

I got to turn to bed now, got to work tomorrow.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
Im flashing too.

no 4g here testing pudding v2
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
Same here no 4g
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
Juggs....photon_puddingv2.sbf is a no-go

the status of my 4 g is the same after flashing with RDS_lite.

edit..... Scanning>Connecting>Disconnected>Loop
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
One thing that I noticed is the red icon is no longer in the status bar at the top.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
Aldo if i try to connect in the 4G Stats page in the bottom under 4G networks Sprint pops up and then dissapears.....its not resolving with their servers but it is finding the towers so the radio is working.
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Im still trying to learn all the terminology for Motorola and well, learning Motorola period because its so different from HTC. When Juggs says flash with sbf, what does this mean? Does it just mean flash with the RSD?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
ok one more for you guys to try before i go to bed
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
im sorry yes it's rsd i its late and i am very tired have been working on this since 6am and i am hoping the files that the2d put together work...
[Motorola Photon 4G] sub2k1:
Juggs, I appreciate you putting so much time into this issue. I hope you crack this soon. I wish I could help you but there is no 4g in my area.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LBfAmKbb2k

video of 4G loop
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
Juggs give me 10 min and ill report back to you.

edit....rebooting

edit2....taking forever to reboot

edit3.... could be bricked....no progress.......im backed up though with CWM flashed at boot.

edit4... battery pull in progress....

edit5...reboot

edit6.... reboot after battery pull, phone rebooted fine

still no 4g..........

noticed that 4g appears to have bars right from boot but disconnects and goes into loop
[Motorola Photon 4G] Medic97:
First boot could take up 10 min. Fyi
[Motorola Photon 4G] krazeekirk:
so did the 4g work after flashing?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
i just flashed the radio....after battery pull it booted fine....still no 4g though
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
Nope.....no luck still in a loop, the phone booted wicked fast after flashing the radio though.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
its past my bedtime.....will be around later to test...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Djspinister:
Me + 10 char

EDIT: The time is off on my damn app, my bad. Maybe laterz
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
A screenshot I was finally able to take after searching the forums for a screenshot app. As you can see, my 4G does work.

This post will probably appear in other threads discussing the lose 4G

Back in house- cant get 4G indoors. 2nd pic to show root.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Scandalex, just to confirm, you unlocked your phone with moto-fastboot and the pudding SBF ?

How did you regain root after that ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] John Kotches:
This is the same error I'm getting on the original pudding file.

I get up to "connecting to sprint" then disabled. It seems to be failing on the authentication sequence. Anyone know if a 4g packet sniffer exists?

I have an idea but this isn't my area of expertise.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
This brings back memories of the Wimax reverse engineering TeamWin did on the Evo 4G. For a long time they were stuck on authentication looping the same sequence we're going through now...

I bet members of TeamWin who took care of Wimax could figure this out in a matter of minutes/hours. I can't remember if it was Shynzul or some other member of the team who finally made the breakthrough.

Yay 4 Juggs, have you tried contacting whoever did the Wimax coding for Evo 4G on CM7 to see if they might want to throw you guys a bone ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] nao2003:
I am unlocked and rooted but no 4g so i hope someone will figure out it soon.
[Motorola Photon 4G] John Kotches:
As I said, this isn't my area of expertise but here goes...

Is the locked bootloader also encrypted?

Is it possible that the same cert/keys are used to lock the bootloader and for 4g authentication and that unlocking blocks access to the cert/keys?
[Motorola Photon 4G] alex2792:
If that's the case then Moto must have done this by design to ensure that if the bootloader is unlocked by unofficial means 4g will be lost. Hopefully this isn't true and someone can figure this thing out.
[Motorola Photon 4G] John Kotches:
Alex,

this is just a crazy idea I'm throwing out to spur discussion...

Don't know that it has any merit.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
I don't know if it's that crazy considering 4G on Sprint is still unlimited. They might have got tired of people rooting their phones to tether in wifi hotspot (ad-hoc is still quite limiting and hotspot requires new kernel AFAIK, hence an unlocked bootloader) and could have asked Motorola to lock 4G down if people suddenly gain access to kernel changes...

Not saying it happened, just that it's a possibility. I know Motorola has been so far the most reluctant manufacturer in opening their phones to modders. I even remember when they even came out and said in essence, "if you want to hack your phone, buy another brand"...
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
Hangs head.....I didn't realize rooting had nothing to do with unlocking the bootloader. So from what I've gathered, I'm not unlocked- just rooted which is why my 4G is working.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
I knew you couldn't have been unlocked, which is why I asked for confirmation again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
The lightbulb came from another thread in which someone said I may be confusing the 2. My only experience with this stuff was the EVO 4G using unrevoked; which did all the work.

My roms were Cyanogen or Synergy. The MoPho is a learning process.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ericdabbs:
Good thing I haven't tried the unlock bootloader method yet. Would hate to lose my 4G signal. Hopefully there is a solution soon that maintains full functionality of the phone.

I wonder now that Google is buying Moto Mobility, will this mean that future phones will debut with an unlocked bootloaders and timely Android updates?
[Motorola Photon 4G] luigic81:
I live in a 4g area but honestly I never use it, I'm portland oregon, and the signal is inconsistant and eats my battery like a starved wolf for and has mediocre results as far as speed, especially when it keeps losing 4g and reverting back to 3g.

My upgrade is due and I want this phone, I'm just waiting for a rom or 2 and a OC kernel to come out! :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
tester needed who is unlocked and lives in a good 4g coverage area
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
right here I will test
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
http://diamantephoto.com/photon_puddingv3.rar
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
no joy it is still in the scan loop not connecting also updated profile and still no good
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
ill be around for testing too, im backed up with cwm on recovery partition and a full backup was done, so go for brick...i dont care
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
Standing by for more updates/files anything will be tested.....
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
The cost of development has reared it's ugly face. Hope this isn't a RSA key wipe or otherwise I'll need to be happy with my Photon 3G. I live in a spotty 4G city but am off tomorrow so may be able to offer testing all day tomorrow. PM me if this will work for you and we can set something up.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Medic97:
Me too I'm at work for next 7 hrs and need my phone fixed so I'm willing to help out in anyway i can.

Also, Just figured id mention. Everyone is talking about the 4g but fact is 3g while working is spotty and kinda sucks here too. maybe its the whole radio file and not just wimax. I should note that my baseband is N_01.28.03R not sure if that is what it should be or if i missed an update.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
as per The2dcour

Updates

8/16/2011 Just a quick update on the 4g issue, most likely this will go unresolved until your kernel source is released and someone with the appropriate skills in kernel hacking fixes your ATAGS passed by the bootloader. For now you can either be unlocked and use 3g, or locked and use Wimax/4g. Pick your poison, at least neither is a permanent thing.
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
I am not sure that it was this flash but I just tried to rsa back to stock and it will not boot
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
Any ideas of why I am stuck in a boot loop?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
take the battery out then put it back in...put in rsd mode then flash the cm5
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
i have 2 questions.....

i dont need to remain unlocked so.......

1. if i boot back to stock is it possible to keep my flashed recovery partition cwm

2. if flashing back to stock will kill my recovery partition is it possible to build a stock. sbf that wont revert the recovery.

i will still have accomplished the same goal. but wont be unlocked
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
I already did that twice. It just keeps going to the moto screen then restarting
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
1.no

2. you wont have to worry about that once custom kernels are avail and we fix the 4g issue...
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
I got it I just had to go into android recovery and wipe data
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
has nothing to do with the flash i flashed the same file and have no bootloops
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
What sucks is for all of us that have unlocked, we have altered our phone at the hardware level in an irreversible way and probably have to forget our warranty. I think it was stated in the OP of the2dcour, but I can't remember if it was in this thread's OP.

I'm not extremely concerned, I knew I was taking a risk, but I really wish I had given more thought to this since I just don't see the point of being unlocked over just being rooted until kernel source is released AND kernel development starts. We could all have been happy with 2nd-init ROMs, which would have allowed the same exact possibilities as now, except we would have 4G still and a virgin hardware.

Anyway, I doubt we lost our RSA keys if flashing the CM5 SBF restores 4G. At least I hope none of us have lost their RSA keys, otherwise, unlock + loss of RSA keys = Photon 3G foreva.

At this point, unless someone can point me to any advantage of being unlocked over simply rooted, I think these are my next steps (I'll be crossing my fingers at each and everyone of those steps) :

1) Flash CM5 SBF

2) Root

3) Restore all apps via Titanium, re-apply webtop and Google Talk patches, re-do all settings

4) Pray that everything is back to where I left off before unlocking (I'm especially worried of having lost GSM since we lost 4G, and that, I won't find out until my next trip after I bought a local SIM)

I want to thank everyone involved in developing for the Photon and definitely hope we will reach a point similar to CM7 on Evo, but it took about 9 months for Cyanogen Team to get everything functional and I'm not convinced the Photon will have as much development as the Evo/Evo 3D phones... I sincerely hope I'm wrong.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Medic97:
What do i need to flash to get me back to stock on the latest update? the only sbf i have downloaded is the original pudding.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
can i ask , are there kernels in the development phase
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
no we're waiting on the source
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
in my experiences, short of any hardware damage any phone is recoverable.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
ok.... i was also wondering how many that are experiencing network problems have ##3282#'d and changed their media proxy
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
This just proves my point. It is not made clear enough that by unlocking we purposedly do hardware damage by blowing fuses. Which also means that depending on which tech we could be dealing with at Sprint, warranty could be denied since they only have to read a file or 2 to figure it out, even if you "relocked" (at that point it is not hardware locked and never will be).
[Motorola Photon 4G] jfdebo779:
does flashing cm5 relock the bootloader or just restore 4g. sorry if this question has been asked previously?
[Motorola Photon 4G] schale01:
This process does not damage nor alter the hardware. Restoring CM5 will bring the phone back to stock and relock the bootloader. I can tell you there is no way for a sprint tech to tell that you had unlocked the bootloader previously.
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
Could you kindly give me a little background as to your knowledge base so that I may have better understanding how valid your statement was. Im not saying that I know alot or more than any other member. I trying to find out how much weight there is behind your statement. From my research the Photon and Atrix are similar in some ways.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1165154
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Then I guess the2dcour doesn't know what he's talking about :rolleyes:

FYI, that is straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
listen you knew going into any flashing project there are inherent risks so don't sit there and piss yourself because doing what you wanted to do has repercussions...you're not the only one who is affected by this...i know i certainly am and i am ok with it...**** happens. it will get fixed soon enough and when it does i don't want to see you any where near my threads when...i only provided this to help people not wipe their asses for them.
[Motorola Photon 4G] zikronix:
Im pretty sure it burns a fuse...however I doubt a sprint tech would look at it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
@Yay 4 Juggs

I dont think e-motion meant in that way, but he could reply to clear that up. Sounds like he just disagreed with what schale01 was saying. Of course I do totally agree with you that anyone here that drove into the kiddie side of the pool, point the finger in the mirror.

@zikronix

Agreed!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Yet again, Sprint services rooted phones.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Well as for me I have a photon that has unlocked bootloader, rooted, custom recovery, and I've had it for less than 2 weeks couldn't be happier. Can't wait for custom roms. As for 4g, sprint will probably have Lte before there is 4g where I live. So, thank you Yay 4 juggs, you da man!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Paiyne:
Man!!!! I can't wait to get mine!!! I don't have 4G in my area anyway so that won't be a factor for me!
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
I came from the Epic also, and loved that phone, but this is so much better!
[Motorola Photon 4G] alex2792:
Seriously,what part of unlocking the bootloader will VOID your warranty do people not understand?