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[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Did you flash from Bootstrap Recovery or Clockworkmod? I had a lot of issues from Bootstrap and if you follow the instructions properly, Alien ROM should work. When I finally unlocked the bootloader and got CWM Recovery and then flashed Alien, everything was perfect. I would try again before dumping this phone, because it's one of the best out there on the market hands down.

Sure, there will be issues with every phone you get, but don't go bashing lack of devs, we've got awesome ones for the Photon who are working their asses off to create stable ROMs/kernels/themes for us to make this phone even better than it already is. If you really want 1000 Roms, by all means, switch phones, but don't feel bad when you realize you've made a big mistake.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
I think it's a glitch with the Alien theme to be honest. Got fc's when I tried to flash it over the latest sbf I and 2.1 home base. So.
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Yeah, the theme seems to work when running Alien ROM on previous builds..it's best not to update the phone to the latest SBF. It ran fine on 154_5, but this phone has come a long way since then.
[Motorola Photon 4G] EclipseX:
Have a clockrecovery

I already put the original stock room because none off thos rooms are good egnouth....on atrix alien room is amazing, but on photon need some work
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
Use home base then.
[Motorola Photon 4G] YzRacer:
I have been using this rom for a couple of weeks and it works great for me. It's fast and although I didn't stay on stock rom long enough to compare I am happy with the battery life. I have only experienced a few small issues:

GPS lock lost using Google Navigation, and I had to exit out and navigate again to get it back.

On GSM networks (Dubai and Afghanistan) I don't get any signal strength indication and it doesn't auto pull APN info from the sim card.

Tethering only works in Ad-hoc mode? Not sure if that's due to the rom but it prevents me from tethering my touchpad.

Just wanted to offer some feedback, when I get time I plan to look more into the tethering and try getting the webtop going over HDMI. Thanks for your work!
[Motorola Photon 4G] casawimill:
When is a new release coming, I love the first build and would like to see more!

P.S. thanks for the retain 4G guide
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
I'm not sure there will be another release, the dev is an Atrix Dev, so I believe he just ported this. Not totally sure though.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
Maybe someone can get him to make a theme?
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
Yeah, I'll PM him and see what he has to say.
[Motorola Photon 4G] demigod3030:
why is it still 2.3.4 and asking to update
[Motorola Photon 4G] FrameCityJackal:
this is a semi dead rom....the guys going to school. his 1st priority...
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
He doesn't have a Photon anymore either.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Yeah guys... as the user above me said, I no longer have a Photon. I'd love to be creating stuff for a dozen phones. Sorry I left you with one version! :o
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
It's all good Man! I can come down and we can use my photon to test. Haha!
[Motorola Photon 4G] rrmzr1:
Wow. That sucks. Best wishes to ya tho. For me alien rom was the only rom I used on my photon.
[Motorola Photon 4G] iamanonymous:
Can anyone try to fix the contacts storage fc? I keep going back to this rom.

sent from Cybertron, mopho!
[Motorola Photon 4G] YzRacer:
Does anyone know if we could add in the status bar brightness slider functionality that is included in current CM builds? I looked around for apps or add ons and can't find anything. Seems it came from Samsung and has been incorporated into CM but it would be a nice addition to any rom.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
Probably could with UOT Kitchen.
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
So this requires an unlocked boot loader and will not have working 4G

and not a [P-ROM] like Photon Laser?
[Motorola Photon 4G] TexasRebel:
where do i push the adevertisementblock.zip and androidmarket.zip files to using adb? /system?
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Yes.

You don't push them using ADB. Just flash those zip files in CWM recovery.
[Motorola Photon 4G] coldblooded79:
Flashed the rom and theme, but I'm getting force closes on dialer and calendar storage. Reboot and the same. I wiped before installing.

Sent from my Motorola Photon 4g
[Motorola Photon 4G] b-reezy:
Running smoothly. Not a issue at all.

Thanks for your work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
I can tell that you didn't follow the directions. :rolleyes:

You need a reboot in between installing the ROM base and the theme. Don't need to wipe or anything.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
Ok...some general feedback here. **EDIT: FYI using non themed version for 1st flash....will flash theme afterwards.

No issues to report as of yet...tho wifi signal seems a bit off. I'll power cycle a few times and see if that improves.

Data works...not sure about 4G, not anywhere near a connection area.

1st boot takes awhile...as to be expected. Let it settle in. Things seemed a bit laggy on first boot. Rebooting now. Will report. **Edit 2nd boot much faster...not noticing the previous lag

209mb RAM used...nice and slim.

Phone call was nice and crisp. Text message sent immediately, no delay.

USB mounting - no issues...always nice!

**EDIT: flashing theme now
[Motorola Photon 4G] coldblooded79:
My bad. Didn't read the directions. Used to not having to. Trying again.

Sent from my Motorola Photon 4g
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
4G will still be borked due to the unlocked bootloader SBF. WiFi isn't messed with-- reporting is the same as stock.

Thanks for the feedback!
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
No worries. Let me know how things go!
[Motorola Photon 4G] knightwolf123:
Looks like I'm going to make up my mind now. "MoPho" here I come. Sold my evo 3d other day. I hope this and future roms are UOT kitchen friendly. If so, I'll be posting some "Goodies" soon

With the power of Optimus S, I send this message.
[Motorola Photon 4G] TexasRebel:
I WANT MY SWYPE BACK ;((( any ideas how i can get it back ;(((( i hate this pecking **** lol...is there an alternative thats better than swype but still swype's instead of typing lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
Ok here's my Themed feedback.

Snappy...and sharp lookin, nicely done.

No Kickstand Mode

. I have it enabled, and no prompt when kickstand is opened.

LOVE the black menus...tho one was missed. (Battery / Data manager menu)

more to come....

13-15Mbps avg on wifi

250-400Kbps avg 3G

Wifi seems to stutter at first, each time enabled. Not a big deal...assuming that's due to the build.prop tweak for battery improvement? (Just seems to wanna take a bit longer to establish a connection)

**EDIT: odd graphic glitch on the "Moto" wifi toggle...it is always showing toggled on, even when wifi is off. Hmmm
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
http://beta.swype.com/

This version is 10 times better than the old Swype. :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] coldblooded79:
Working great so far. Very snappy, and I love the theme.

Sent from my Motorola Photon 4g
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
Anything in particular you're lookin to hear about Ken? Lemme know...and hey, where'd the Tester Sig Tag go to? :p
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
All I have to say so far is WOW this is what it should be like with a dual core. Thanks for all the work
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
[CENTER][URL="http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1224896"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/bfP86.png[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER]

:D Thanks for the testing guys!
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
Dam want to try but not willing to giveup 4g as it great in my area 10meg down
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
Donation sent your way...great start to the MoPho flashing addiction!!

Truly appreciate your work!!

Donation Details

Confirmation number:	8AY54356NA5921934
[Motorola Photon 4G] cellfreak:
4G

+1 I know the 4G problem isn't due to the ROM.

But, that is one good looking ROM. Way to go...
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Kenneth, can I ask what the reasoning is for getting away from the Bootstrap friendly P-Rom like you had with Laser ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Thank you! That's very kind.

You can attempt a flash of this using bootstrap recovery. We don't have a modded kernel yet, so I suppose it should work. We'll see. Shouldn't hurt to try!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Custodian:
Possible to upload a non unlocked version of this?..
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Someone should attempt a bootstrap flash. There's no custom kernel, so it should be good to go.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Getting away from the unlocked bootloader since as long as there's no kernel development started, there's not too much point in losing 4G yet. I'll let you know if bootstrap works but before I flash this instead of Mikeyinid's odexed version of your Laser P-Rom, do we still have problems with Swype on this ?

From the last few posts here, it seems Swype is still a no-go, right ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
I purposely deleted Swype on here because the pre-loaded version is a piece of crap. You should get the beta: http://beta.swype.com/. And you can't install the beta version unless there's no pre-install Swype.apk in /system/app.

Thanks for the test!

Version 1.1 of the THEME just uploaded. I accidentally broke your Voice Search with 1.0. My bad! In order to get it working, you'll have to re-flash Alien #1 and then Theme #1.1.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Honestly I always found Shapewriter a lot more accurate than Swype, problem is, depending on which version of Gingerbread you run, it might or might not force close. I was so happy when Shapewriter started working again on CM7.1 when it had stopped working on CM7.0...

There's another issue now with qHD : Shapewriter won't adapt to it so it doesn't use the full width of the screen.

What I hate with Swype is that it's in perpetual beta and the beta versions expire. I'd rather stay with the stock Swype we have on the Moto, it's actually a lot better than the stock one that's on HTC phones (at least until Evo 3D came along, I only kept the Evo 3D for 28 days, can't recall if it's as much the suck as it was on Evo 4G).
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
Lost my friken root and clockqprk mod is all screwe
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Ahh well you can always pick the Swype.apk out and put it in your /system/app!

You've clearly done something wrong. Read the installation instructions carefully. Ask questions if you have them before installation.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
To be clear, I love your Laser Rom, but there's one feature I want from Alien : VoIP over 3G/4G instead of just wi-fi. Does that mean it doesn't force close on CM5 when trying to make a call now ? MR3 would force-close when dialing via VoIP... I never tested it while unlocked and on Laser since I just got back home from a trip and had no wi-fi.

Alright, CM5 and 4G locked and loaded, now on to rooting and bootstrapping...
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
i did every command that you wrote. Whats is there to ask i am not a noob
[Motorola Photon 4G] dreDrennon1:
Installed this rom and lost root and the rom didnt install but gave confirmation it did before reboot :-(
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
I hope they are too

Sent from my PHOTON blaster!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Whosdaman:
Make sure you also grab the Swype.so in /system/lib :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
I see VoIP calling isn't fixed in CM5, still force-closes when trying to make a call. Back to Laser odexed version for me and Linphone for VoIP.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Sounds like you're on a locked bootloader with the bootstrap recovery. Follow the instructions.

FOLLOW THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ON THE DOWNLOADS PAGE.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
By the way, went back to Laser and Webtop over HDMI doesn't work. GTalk video does work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Webtop over HDMI doesn't work in Laser... that's a known bug.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
While I don't put much stock in it on principle...Quadrant avg 2600+
[Motorola Photon 4G] Alex210:
Awesome rom, running fast and the theme looks great. The only problem I've seen in the first 30 min of use is that the landscape/portrait switch takes a 3-4 seconds.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rhyme187:
this rom is way sick bro mad props straight up
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Amazing! Love it!
[Motorola Photon 4G] TexasRebel:
K so I woke up and my resolution is all screwed up...it was fine when I went to bed.. I've tried everything except reflashing the rom...will try once battery is recharged...
[Motorola Photon 4G] b-reezy:
I know its already been mentioned but any fix for the kickstand mode? Also it seems in pocket detection isn't working.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZiggSVO:
You mean like when you open the kickstand it pops up to choose homescreen or widget clock? Mine still does it if that is what you are referring too.
[Motorola Photon 4G] b-reezy:
Yea. That's odd. Mine doesn't work. Ill try to reflash.
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
This is a sick rom been waiting on the stock android look
[Motorola Photon 4G] agrenwa:
well I can confirm coming from the laser rom and locked bootloader that I flashed from bootstrap recovery, after rebooting i lost root, I'm looking in settings, about phone, it shows that the build number is still laser v1.1
[Motorola Photon 4G] sub2k1:
Great rom but i can't resize widgets.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
Request kernel support from Motorola! (source)
[Motorola Photon 4G] jglee311:
Working like a charm, thanks KP!! :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] cdthomas9:
Hey kenneth, how does the ROM perform in landscape? I use the MoPho a -lot- in the car dock, and I like the new dialer (in call) scren Moto made for this. The EVO never handled it well. Is it using the stock Moto in call or an AOSP variant?
[Motorola Photon 4G] abedrn:
Why would I flash this rom and unlock my photon and not have wimax?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
Some, like myself, live in an area with little to no 4G signal. So for me it doesn't matter. To each his own.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Widgets aren't resizable using the stock Android launcher.

Yes, please! :D

I'm not 100% sure. I don't think I changed anything from stock, but some people have been saying that kickstand mode is gone. The only way is to try.

Hopefully someone smarter than me fixes the WiMAX problems with the Photon.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Wouldn't Alien in P-Rom form give everyone the same without losing 4G ? At least until Kernel source is released, someone looks into it and then comes up with a solution to unlocking without losing 4G.

Also, I haven't looked into it, but don't we have 2nd-init available to us to load custom Roms as an alternative ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
I need to reinstall the blurcamera.apk. I tried to get the other camera thats in the dev section to work, without success. Before I did it I renamed the old one to blurcamera.apk.bak just in case. Renaming it and setting permissions didn't give it back. So before when it didn't work I put the .apk file in a flash zip file and flashed it in cwm and got the camera back. This time it says that I must use edify scripts, probably because of the version of cwm I'm using. I have tried to put them in right but hasn't worked so far. Can you tell me how to get the camera back. Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] darren.wlsn1:
can you tether free without doc? i just got a free photon and i may keep it if tethering is free or soon to be free. great looking rom op.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
In the Market....Wireless Tether for Root Users
[Motorola Photon 4G] darren.wlsn1:
ty for quick reply.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
Was gonna say you're welcome...but then noticed yer a Steelers Fan! I'm New England born & raised and even tho my wife dragged me to OK, I'm still a loyal New England Sports Fanatic!

Go Patriots! (and Sox / Celts / Bruins of course!)
[Motorola Photon 4G] PEQUES:
WIFI TETHER APP FOR ROOT USERS WORKED FINE WITH STOCK PHOTON ROOTED

then i unlocked bootloader and rooted it didnt work ne more access control disabled

then i flashed newest sbf cm5 or whatever rooted and flashed yays rom and wifi tether still didnt work

i now flashed to laser rom and still same problem somethig about kernel and access control disabled???

for u guys that like 4g and scared u lost it i relocked my bootloader and got 4g back when flashed latest sbf cm5
[Motorola Photon 4G] PEQUES:
so has anyone successfully flashed this with a locked bootloader? since there is no custom kernal? please let us know if uve been successful
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Sounds like people were unsuccessful when they tried to flash with the bootstrap recovery.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Beknatok:
Per Calkulin's comments here, it does not look like it will be possible:
[Motorola Photon 4G] Gh0zt718:
Is anyone having problems making phone calls to certain contacts for some reason i can call some contacts but not others really annoying any thoughts please respond asap need to be able to use phone for my job
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
Haven't seen this problem, so it may just be your individual device. What exactly happens with the problem? Call never dials? Force close? Or what?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Gh0zt718:
It just says call not connected and then the option to retry or cancel
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
I'm going to have to blame that one on your network, device, or connectivity. If someone else comes forward with that problem, we'll look into it further. I just tested a few calls at different places in and outside of my house and they all went through alright.

Did you flash to "CM5" with an SBF before unlocking your bootloader and installing?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ooxcfhxoo:
flash system.img in fastboot and you will get root back.

cmd

fastboot flash system system.img

its available in one of the bootloader threads
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Good Job!!! Pats looked UNREAL lastnight!! Sorry for off topic
[Motorola Photon 4G] aaron130:
Mine still works, I can tether, but you just cant use a password. I connected to my laptop no problem.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Gh0zt718:
No i didnt damn am i gunna have to re root i just unlocked bootloader from stock then rooted
[Motorola Photon 4G] coldblooded79:
I loved the rom Kenneth, but i eventually got force closes after i enabled data roaming. Dialer and phone force closes. I'm on vacation atm so I just flashed laser over it w/ no problems.

Sent from my Motorola Photon 4g
[Motorola Photon 4G] Soulripper180:
How stable is this ROM? and is 4G working?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
+1 with contact FC's. I can Long-Press a contact to call, etc...but just clicking on one causes FC. (Contacts Storage...process com.motorola.contacts)
[Motorola Photon 4G] M@XLOL:
I am getting this but I thought it was because I deleted something I shouldn't have. Can anyone else confirm?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
My contacts are working fine.
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
I just lost data and it kept saying mobile registration failure I had to reflash
[Motorola Photon 4G] M@XLOL:
If you are on the west coast there was an outage which has been fixed now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] joetemp75:
Yup your right my gfs nexus was out too
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
Thanks for the head up on that ....I was just at my local Frys out in Anaheim when I also got the "Mobile Registration Failure" message and lost 3G data....fyi I turned on 4G and that worked fine along with voice calls (im not unlocked just rooted so that why 4G worked:)
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZiggSVO:
Same here just tested and all of the ones I clicked worked fine
[Motorola Photon 4G] knightwolf123:
~~~ zomg themes! ~~~

hey everyone!

I have a few "Goodies" for ya here!!

My MoPho Goodies!

. no screenies yet :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Just posted alternate install method to retain 4G on Alien. Enjoy!

@kennethpenn Please feel free to link it on the front page if you approve.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
That's awesome. Thanks for the tutorial.
[Motorola Photon 4G] gpgorbosjr:
Is it possible to install an alternative gallery? Or can you explain the pros of the one you chose? I find it irritating to navigate to pictures when they aren't organized by folder.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jfdebo779:
Rom review

http://youtu.be/p9Hau-lbM2E
[Motorola Photon 4G] FrameCityJackal:
Could I edit the original blurhome.apk to a diffrent name and alt between the 2?

Also the social network widget isn't showing up on screen...is that blurhome reliant?
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
I like Gallery 3D from the Android Market. It's the AOSP application!
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
All of the Blur widgets are BlurHome connected.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FrameCityJackal:
How would I get all my blur widgets/apps working again? I tried to ADB the actual blurhome apk from p-laser no go tried to use root explorer also just FC'd
[Motorola Photon 4G] knightwolf123:
I've had that problem. Goto market search for "quickpic" very nice app and easy navigation

With the power of Optimus S, I send this message.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sub2k1:
I am still using version 1.0 of this theme and is holding solid so far aside for the broken voice search which I don't use. The only other problem I have with it is that contacts storage crashes when i enter it through the dialer but only when coming the recent tab.
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
My social networking is not working can't post statuses and social networking widget is not on there do I need to re flash
[Motorola Photon 4G] FrameCityJackal:
Are you using the backup method?

I'm wondering if that would have something to do with it...
[Motorola Photon 4G] EclipseX:
Ken do you know if this work better. Then atrix....i thinking chance atrix to photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
I have backups but I downloaded over yays rom didn't wipe or anything everything else works though
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennethpenn:
I think the Photon's a little better than the Atrix due to:

- screen

- kickstand

- camera

- WiMAX
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
hello kennethpenn

This rom looks killer need to try asap ...

Can I offer up a suggestion/request for your next rom build?

I wanted for some time to make sip calls from my phone via wifi (and 4G & 3G data) using my google voice number......i followed this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS50Fld3y8w

This does work on the Photon with the stock rom wifi only (not over 4g) ...and was able to use , free calls out and free calls ring in, (and via all free services!) on the phone with no sprint service on, no sprint min used (had service off by setting phone to gsm only)

But it a little buggy would say force close even when the call went and making the call was a bit convoluted

fyi you can have service off by setting phone to gsm only and the wimax4g will still work....if could get the sip call to go over wimax :0
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZiggSVO:
Try dialling *2 I get the contact storage fc
[Motorola Photon 4G] sub2k1:
I can confirm that contact storage crashed when dialing *2. Also crashes when launching contact info from recent tab.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wilforknowledge:
Look up 3D Gallery in the Market, it's the stock android gallery and I prefer it over Motorola's.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FrameCityJackal:
Thats only because sprint zone is gone...
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZiggSVO:
Correct thanks :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] FrameCityJackal:
This rom is quick but the social networking problem is a problem I cant seem to figure out why its not working proper or why I can't change the launcher from this to the stock M.A.P launcher
[Motorola Photon 4G] e240:
How come you can't resize the motorola widgets?
[Motorola Photon 4G] FrameCityJackal:
Because it doesn't have the actual blur launcher
[Motorola Photon 4G] e240:
I found some bugs in the camera.. first one is that when you try changing the picture resolution you can't see the text of what resolution you want and the other one is when you try changing the shooting mode to panorama the camera app force closes