yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] ericdabbs:
If you read my original post (#686) in the previous page, you will see that I was merely making a comment and I got a facepalm response so I inquired about whether there is an unlocked bootloader with 4G capability. I wasn't rushing or telling the devs to make it available quickly since I know the devs do work on this on the free time and for the community.
[Motorola Photon 4G] zikronix:
Chirp.....chirp.

Sent from the motherfn now network.
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
Not even a chirp its dead

Sent from my PHOTON blaster!
[Motorola Photon 4G] craigbailey1986:
ok so trying the rsd lite and the file is rar do i need to convert in into a sbf?
[Motorola Photon 4G] zikronix:
So are we still sol even with the source juggs

Sent from the motherfn now network.
[Motorola Photon 4G] HondaCop:
Im starting to lose faith... :-( If there was even a slight hint of hope, I know the devs would have already said so. Come September 16th, I'm getting the SGSII and my MoPho will be handed down to my son. Still a GREAT phone but development for it is still much to be desired. Want to flame? Go ahead, feel free. Still won't change the grim reality.

Sent from my MoPho...
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
I've said it all along, development on the MoPho will be limited. Sprint for some reason never pushed this phone, I can guarantee that it's not been selling too well.

It's fine with me though, I love it with the regular unroot, webtop hack and gtalk video hack.
[Motorola Photon 4G] craigbailey1986:
please help

can someone please help me understand how to use the rsdlite? How do you use the rar file?

sorry if i am being a noob but I have searched but can not seem to find the answer just yet. I know how to do the fastboot step but cant get past the rsdlite portion! thanks in advance to anyone who helps!
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Unzip the rar file with winrar. Start up rsdlite. Turn your phone off. Then hold up on the volune button and press power at the same time. The phone will boot into fastboot mode. Plug it into the computer. Click the little box and browse for the file you extracted. Then press start.
[Motorola Photon 4G] craigbailey1986:
thank you verry very much!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] phatmanxxl:
Sounds easy enough, soon as we can overclock I'm on it, and flashing a ROM too.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lucidvtec:
Im sry for the noob question

Is there anything us non-devs can do to get a full functional unlocked bootloader ...like start a mass request ...something? ??
[Motorola Photon 4G] Djspinister:
They have been selling like hotcakes just recently though. It has picked up in the Portland metro area.

Just sayin'
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
Lucid. Breifmobile has a really easy step by step to unlock the bootloader.

http://briefmobile.com/motorola-photon-4g-bootloader-unlocked

That's what I used. And if you get stuck, there is a link to the XDA Forum in it, which is also helpful to read through first. Hope that helps.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cybericebyte:
Unlocked bootloader with 4G needs more reseach thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1254631&page=3 first post: Originally Posted by babyoche

what about 4g? will we ever?

actually 4g is working with an unlocked bootloader . i unlocked mine today and in the process the sbf would not flash so i just moved on to the fastboot unlock part of the process it soft bricked my MoPho but i just flashed the stock mr5 release and when it was done i rooted again.when i rebooted it said unlocked on the boot image and 4g is working fine
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
Does it still change that "fuse file"
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
You should PM Yay 4 Juggs to explain this so he can investigate. There's a couple others in one of the kernal threads that claim to have done the same thing.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Moguledyouth:
All links to pudding_stock.rar are dead. Can someone please reupload them somewhere.
[Motorola Photon 4G] radrian92:
I almost had a heart attack when I saw the beginning of the title! Got my hopes up till I saw no 4G :( btw- F$%&k you Motorola!
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
In due time it'll come
[Motorola Photon 4G] edozier:
Ill upload when i get home tonight
[Motorola Photon 4G] edozier:
Not sure why the comments are in this post instead of the sticky, but here they are.

photon_pudding.rar (1.03 MB)	http://www.multiupload.com/7JU3NVJNW4

photon_nopudding4u.rar (1.03 MB)	http://www.multiupload.com/PBB174Y8K2

The second one is to re-lock.
[Motorola Photon 4G] nandroide:
Perhaps there is a way to re-lock bootloader by tweaking nopudding4u to lock bootloader specific to alien?

Edit: it's also possible that when relocking - due to non matching bootloader - kernel is causing boot failure when using nopudding4u.sbf? any suggestions?... this is to get 4g to work with a custom rom... sorry wrong thread.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cybericebyte:
I was wonderingly if someone can double check some findings I came accross last night. I turned on my phone and the 4g while it seem I could not pull the IP address or data from wimax the icon changed to a connected symbol along. With the disconnected symbol just so happen I was doing a download at that time and the download speed seem to increase so I stopped my download and did some speed test my results were around 600 to 800 kbs I tested the against another photon I have that the boot loader is NOT UNLOCKED. My boot loader is unlocked. I also ran test without the wimax on and the result came back around 250kbs
[Motorola Photon 4G] NOMIOMI:
when ever i click on the unlock Sbf the browser direct me in this page

http://mophoforum.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

please is there any solution ??? from where i download the files help please
[Motorola Photon 4G] Whiskey103:
Since the links aren't working any more i will close the thread.

@OP, if you want to update/fix the links pm me.

Cheers
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
Mine failed too. I pulled battery, booted up. Reboot into fastboot and unlocked no problem.
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Do i need to root my phone first or does this root it also? This Motorola stuff seems soooo different from HTC ive been doing for years,lol. Or do I just do this and it roots and unlocks?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
you will lose root so just flash then follow my method of regaining root listed in original post.
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
Fastboot is not a problem i need help with the rsdlite part on the mac
[Motorola Photon 4G] Medic97:
Im on my MBP as far as i know you there isn't RSD lite for mac. Ive been flashing the SBF on a windows machine and doing the adb on my mac.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Isn't there pre-rooted SBF ROMs already available ? Or would that remove the unlocked bootloader ? This is all confusing compared to the HTC phones...
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Hey Yay i need a lil help. Im not an expert with adb but I have done it before. Do I put the fastboot file from the Op in the tools folder? When I open my sdk folder there is a fastboot file in the tools folder, do i put the entire zip in the tools folder then type: cd c:\android-sdk\tools\moto-fastboot directory)and Run “moto-fastboot oem unlock? I also noticed the the file from the op is moto-fastboot-win32.zip, I have a 64bit laptop does that matter?
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
IM in the same boat as you man IM REALLY confused coming from HTC,lol. Im starting to get it just a few things I need to get going with this unlock,
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZiggSVO:
Don't feel bad...coming from the epic this is all like chinese to me lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Let me see if I got this right :

1) Nandroid backup current ROM if on CM5 already (use Bootstrap recovery), otherwise Titanium Backup all Apps to external SD card

2) In case of Nandroid, might have to move that to the external SD card, not sure yet

3) Unlock bootloader

4) Flash System.img to regain root

5) Install ROMracer's CWM recovery

6) Restore previously Nandroid backup or Flash rooted ROM such as Photon Laser

7) If installed a rooted ROM in step 6, restore apps with Titanium backup done in step 1

Is that it ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
I wonder can sbf can b flashed in virtual machine
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
what fastboot file? the system.img? if so that goes in the same directory as fastboot...

yes it matters you need 64bit
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
Read the first post, that is what the system.img is used for.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
yup pretty much
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
No I mean the fastboot file I downloaded from the first page. Where do I put that? In android-sdk-windows/tools?

Actually not that one I mean the one u just posted because I got a 64 bit system. I put that in the tools folder correct?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
My phone is unlocked now but how do you run system.img?
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
type moto-fastboot flash system system.img
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
Not trying to be a **** guys, but Yay laid it out VERY well in the OP. Follow his instructions and you will be good.
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Not to be a **** But Im new to the coming from HTC and Im just confused on where I put that fasboot zip. I understand how to flash the unlock file but after that IM a lil confused as to where that fastboot zip goes. I look in my adb folder and I have a fastboot in android-sdk-windows/tools so I guess that is where I put that moto-fastboot zip?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
yes................
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
For windows, all explanations are well detailed but for Mac users, we get cryptic answers as though we have no business wanting the same information detailed for us.

I came from the HTC EVO 4G and used unrevoked so forgive me if asking for the same detailed windows help for mac is a problem.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Custodian:
Awsome job! Incomming nightlies ;)...opps did I spoil something?! :))))
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
not for me you didn't ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
I haven't tried it but maybe this will work for you http://www.virtualbox.org/. After the setup then just follow directions as if using Windows.
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Hmmmm.... What could this mean!!!! Lmao
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
previous directions for mac are not changed...you will need a windows environment(boot camp)...once there use rsdlite...i cant really go into more detail as i dont use a mac...
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
Yay 4 Juggs I now fully understand what you meant have you stated that this weekend would be big for the Photon!:D
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
hey i told ya...i smelled it like a fart in a phonebooth... i wonder how many missed church today hoping for this kind of development...
[Motorola Photon 4G] milski65:
Just wanted to say congratulations. Just saw the news on twitter via droid life. WOW!
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
I am at the 1st step and it went through everything and my phone rebotted it updated the PRL now its just stuck at 100% and it says please manually power on device, so I did that and its still says In Progress, but at 100%. Do I just click close now or still wait?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
This is amazing, unlocked, rooted, custom recovery. I have allot of people to donate to on pay day. Thank to all envolved!
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
And if I click close it says application is still running, closing may damage the device. But its been stuck at this 100% for like 15 minutes now
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Close it.It's fine.
[Motorola Photon 4G] richmc73:
RSD said failed and not all i get on the phone is the screen that has the big M and dual core technology.

Tried rebooting and it is stays there.
[Motorola Photon 4G] adianlorenzana:
How much work needs to be done for cm7?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jiggaman508:
I don't even own a photon, just saw this news on my favorite blog, and I just wanted to say congratulations and great job dev.... this is awesome...
[Motorola Photon 4G] richmc73:
Took about 5 battery pulls and finally got it to go back into RSD protocol. Trying again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
looking at the pre beta from the atrix...not much really
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
OK I need just a little help anyone. I put that moto_fastboot in my tools folder and cd to it and then I type: moto-fastboot oem unlock and I get "moto fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command. What am I doing wrong?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
I didn't need windows to do anything to my Evo. Are you saying to unlock/root the Photon, it can only be done with windows?
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
Sorry I misread
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
try just fastboot oem unlock
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Please God, don't tell me I have bricked my phone. Flashing the unlocking SBF with RSDLite said FAILED. I then tried to do a battery pull, now all I see is the Moto logo, can't start in Fastboot, can't start in RSD mode either.

Edit: Was able to start in RSD by holding Vol up and Power without the battery in and then insert the battery. Now what do I do ? Try to reflash the Unlocking SBF again or... ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Alex210:
I got that too, pulled the battery and let it sit, booted all the way thru and then I was able to get back into RSD.

Flash failed twice.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
no i am saying the only way i know if is in a windows environment such as boot camp...
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Did you unzip the rar or zip i forget what it was, and put the content in tools?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
take batt out again and put it into fastboot then run the fastboot commands outlined in original post
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
OK I did that Yay and this is what I got:

OEM unlock is not implemented

OKAY ( 0.001s)

finished. total time: 0.001s

Does this mean Im now unlocked or it didnt work?
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
Sounds like your bootloader still locked
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZiggSVO:
lmao I totally thought the same :p

The first reboot after you get the flash failed error takes as long as a blackberry does lol

after you reboot to the os power down and boot into fastboot and go from there :p

I just did and now unlocked :D

Way to go Juggs and team that got this accomplished!
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
OK just read first post again and see im not unlocked. This is exactly what IM doing. I renamed my sdk folder root. Im typing: cd c:/root/tools then hit enter. then i typed moto-fastboot oem unlock and i got what i put in previous post. I tried just fastboot oem unlock and got what i posted in my last post. Am I missing something?
[Motorola Photon 4G] schale01:
Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to getting this to work. My Photon is now unlocked and rooted. And this was my first attempt at unlocking/rooting any phone!! Figuring out how to use motofastboot took me a minute. Someone may want to put up a comprehensive guide after the dust settles. All that being said I found the process very simple to follow. Looking forward to the roms to come.

EDIT:

Same here that scared me for a moment but the phone did finally reboot after it said it failed. I admit I was a little baffled on what to do next.

Do I try to RSD the image again or just continue on with the instructions for using Moto fastboot to unlock. I finally decided to just go ahead and try to unlock using the motofastboot mainly because the RSD flashing took sooo long. I powered off the phone put it in fastboot mode and followed the instructions from there. Everything turned out better than expected :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Just to be specific, once RSDLite says "Failed", I leave the phone plugged in the PC, remove the battery, then hold Vol down + power and while still holding insert the battery then I should see Fastboot then press Vol up to be in Fastboot ?

I'm asking because it seems others are able to boot the phone all the way to the home screen after the failed RSDLite flash, but my Photon never boots (waited over 15 minutes and it just sits at the Red Moto logo) after the failed flash of the unlocking SBF...
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
What OS version are you using?
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Windoes 7 64 bit. Now my phone should say Fastboot (Starting fastboot ptotocol support) when I do this correct?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
did you copy the fastboot files out of the folder or just the folder itself?

i ask because you may need to cd c:\root\tools\moto-fastboot in order for it to work...
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
Yes that is correct, you also got the 64bit version of motofastboot?
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Ok I just noticed the 64 bit fastboot file you gave me is a "file" while the moto-fastboot32bit on the first page is an app! And yes I extracted it and put it in tools but like i said its a file not an app like the original in the op
[Motorola Photon 4G] Alex210:
Awesome, phone is now unlocked, thanks a lot! :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
make a folder inside tools...label it moto-fastboot...extract the contents of the first thing you downloaded to that folder...so in that folder you will see moto-fastboot.exe and the two dll's then extract the 64bit file i linked you to and put that in the moto-fastboot folder. then run the commands
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
IM almost positive thats why Im having a problem I think the 64 bit version isnt the correct file type. I read on another thread that I should be able to use the 32 bit one no?
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Ok thx Yay Ill try that and let you know
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Dammit this is making me mad!! LOL Now I get ....INFOOEM unlock is not implemented OK (0.001s)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
but you're making progress...reflash the sbf then try again
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
OK I was actually just thinking of doing that. Thanks for all you help Yay I really appreciate it
[Motorola Photon 4G] richmc73:
Once in the fastboot folder, what is the exact command to use? been a long time since i used adb and fast boot

I did moto-fastboot oem unlock and it is just sitting on waiting for device
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
make sure your device has usb debugging enabled
[Motorola Photon 4G] richmc73:
Rebooting now to check. Unless RSD restet it it should have been on
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
I redownloaded the pudding file and gonna flash it again and try all over. Yay, after I flash and run then run the commands, should I run moto-fastboot oem unlock or just fastboot oem unlock?
[Motorola Photon 4G] quantum23:
I think aaron130 (and myself) are confused as to the fact that there is no file extension on the 64-bit version of the "moto-fastboot" file. I would imagine that we should be adding the ".exe" to this file manually which will overwrite the 32bit .exe file that exists in the "C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\moto-fastboot" directory?

Also - for Windows 7 64 bit users - do we need a 64bit version of "Motorola_PreRelease_Mobile_Drivers_5.2.1_32bit"? Has anyone else ran into any trouble as a result? Note - I currently have the 5.2.0 64bit drivers installed.

I am about to begin the process myself..

Thanks for everything guys - amazing we have this so early !!
[Motorola Photon 4G] richmc73:
Yes debugging in on and I am in fastboot on the phone but still says waiting on device.
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Yes thats exactly what I was thinking and Yay said to make a folder and put the 64bit file in with the 32bit exe. So Im flashing again now and we will see ,, I already and half bald from pulling my hair out,lmao
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
i'm half bald because i am old and i have children...just wait!
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Yay, do you realize that the 64 bit version you posted is a file type and not an exe? Dont we need a .exe file?
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Oh me too man!! I just didnt wanna say it,lmao. 40 with 2 teenagers here!! And my girl is 14, the wonderful age!! LOL
[Motorola Photon 4G] richmc73:
anyone else get stuck waiting for devices?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jkbeats:
I rooted the phone and used the DROID x2 cemetery last night. Do I have to uninstall the cemetery to do this unlocked bootloader? Also do I need adv to get these prompts on to my phone. Trying to figure this part out because im new to it but learning quick. Thanks in advance and for everyones work
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
just to be certain once the device is off and you put it into fastboot do you press vol up to enable fastboot protocol?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
My kids are grown and they have kids. And still my hair keep falling out. So now I blame it on my flashing disease.
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
OK I got failed now what do I do?
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Yes I do do that
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
it will be removed regardless as this wipes the /data partition of your device. yes you will need adb in order to open fastboot to run the commands
[Motorola Photon 4G] nunyabiziz:
People try these files for Windows x64bit

View attachment adb-fastboot.rar

View attachment Motorola_End_User_Driver_Installation_5.2.0_64bit.rar
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
now you need to be more specific...
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
I got failed flashing the pudding. Now stuck on Motorola
[Motorola Photon 4G] richmc73:
Did a battery pull and then loaded back into fast boot and it worked. Now unlocked. Thanks!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Yay 4 Juggs:
take out the battery...put it back in...hold vol down and press power...once you see fastboot on the screen press vol up then run the fastboot commands outlined in the original post.
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
I was able to get it botted up regular. I still need to flash the pudding though dont i? Cuz it failed
[Motorola Photon 4G] DssTrainer:
Yay you are the man!!! I was trying to buy the dock last night on sprint.com but my gold premier discount wasn't kicking in so I canceled the order. I was happy to wake up to this amazing news and save myself a hundo... but that just means I can kick some money your way!

A few questions, I see the RSD Lite will take zip files... but why then put the pudding file as a "rar".. Looking at the file types I see .sbf but if it was zip, would it have worked without unpackaging it?

Also where are the drivers for 64 bit windows... I think since Win7 came out, most PCs and OS are 64bit now and would be the primary consumer...
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
No, I got the same and all is good.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jfdebo779:
I got the failed error twice and then decided to proceed and now every thing is working properly. I give many thanks to all devs involved in this. Now I am ready for some flashing. Also I am coming from a vibrant on tmobile to the epic and now photon and this is my first time using adb and I picked it up very quickly.
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
OK I think I got it even though it failed!!!! IM at the ypour device can permantly VOID screen and it gave me that UID> FYI I used the files posted by nunyabiziz. So now what do I do? After it says finished time 0.003s now what?
[Motorola Photon 4G] sixshooterz:
I took out the battery, put it back in, held vol down and power. Fastboot never came up on the screen. Any other ideas? With most nvidia powered devices, there's the option for nvflash making it nearly impossible to *not* be able to recover the device. Vol up doesn't work to get back and flash SBF. I get stuck on Motorola Dual Core screen, can't even get back in.
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Wohooooooo Device unlocked!!!! Expect a donation Yay! And thx so much for the files nunyabiziz!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Write down the number it gives you, the type moto-fastboot oem unlock ###### hit enter.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
this is what i did and it worked

try at own risk!!!!!!1

1. unplug phone from comp

2. pull battery

3. put battery back and power up

4. wait for long boot process 2min or more on the motorola logo

5. after boot power down as you normally would

6. hold power and down and push the up key when fastboot appears

7. connect usb

8. continue with the tutorial from the part where you issue the unlock command in cmd
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Good job man.