yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
If you remember the nightmare that was teamwin vs orrebmas and the BS I put up with from xda members you can see where my patience for more BS is a bit thin. I even stayed when even agrabren left and the mods had to camp out in the thread to keep it clean. My time can be much better spent releasing via other ,more civil, outlets.

Another dev stated the method was un-needed, useless, long winded and confusing and to flash the pre-rooted via bootstrap. Even his own guide states that unlocking is needed to push a pre-rooted. At no point was an alternative guide providing the same results ever posted. Had this come from anyone other than a dev I would have been fine with it.

I have better things to do than play schoolyard games with another dev. As far as pulling the guide, I will repost the guide but consider this thread dead. The other dev however says it pointless (in multiple threads) so I'd suggest users ask him on how to get the exact same results via a pre-rooted push to a locked phone with consistent results.
[Motorola Photon 4G] rrmzr1:
Man that sucks. Thanks for the contribution tho bro. If it wasn't for the workaround I wouldn't be able to enjoy my 4g and have a custom rom right now. For me having 4g is very important. I wouldn't have even unlocked and flashed alien rom. For it this wasn't just "flashing overkill" as stated by someone else. It actually was a great workaround until another way was found.
[Motorola Photon 4G] HondaCop:
Sorry to see all the bs bro. I mean, if it gets the job done, who cares how long-winded it is. All I can say is that your temp solution works and there are many of us who are thankful for it. Please rethink things and don't stop developing for the Photon. Trust me, we need all devs to stick together and not fragment the effort.

Sent from my MoPho...
[Motorola Photon 4G] rrmzr1:
Exactly. Someone owes an apology big time. As a lurker all I can do is offer thanks. But we need all the devs we can get
[Motorola Photon 4G] deedscreen:
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Wow!!! Thanks for the screenshot, found out my phone has a bad battery, Motorola is sending it to me free of charge.

Sent from my WebToplessly Rooted MoPho, (Motorola Sunfire/Photon 4G MB855) using the XDA Premium app on Sprint, the Now Network, with WiMax.

(4G LTE/Unlocked Bootloader Pending)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kurupt1:
This exact same thing happened to me, really frustrating. Messes up nandroid backups to the external sd card :confused:. Any body else have any ideas of a solution?
[Motorola Photon 4G] smoothone:
Can I just run the 1mb unlocker or do I have to run the full sbf with unlock when I do this process. I am going to try this to get root because it may be the only way for me to root since adb is not working for me and the terminal method for root does not work for me either.

Edit: Figured it out on my own. This place is like a morgue. I like my Photon but damn there is no help around here except for a handful of people.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lilredzmd:
I second that. This is a highly stable and great phone, with much potential. Idk why arent the Devs jumping on this. (Folds Arms)
[Motorola Photon 4G] eoliveira711:
may i ask how u went about getting another battery from motorola?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrsato:
many, many thanks for this walk-through! I was waiting for the flawless total package of unlocked BL, root, recovery, and ROM. This was the golden key that allowed me to finally leave the stock world. I'm nowhere new to rooting and ROMs and such, but this MoPho got off to a slow start. I'm super happy it's all good now, and I'm sure development will hit the NOS switch now!
[Motorola Photon 4G] knightwolf123:
bud I hope your right.

We all could really use a real "One click root" with recovery. I miss how easy it was on both my old HTC phones.

Hell i'm almost tempted to put up a bounty for it. I'd create it myself but i'm no expert at ADB and I don't think I'd be patient enough for all the trial and error. Lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] casawimill:
One minor question, I'm already rooted and unlocked running CWM. How do re-lock the bootloader to continue with the process, unlocking is the easy part but I never read how re-lock it. Please help
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
I think you re-lock the phone when you run the SBF update...see step 5 of the original post!

Best,

K
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
KTT16 is correct. The phone gets relocked after the full SBF flash.
[Motorola Photon 4G] casawimill:
Thanks for the response and I will give it a shot, does it matter which SBF file I use?
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
I think you need to flash the 45.2.5 SBF...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1212824

Currently, I am running Alien ROM and haven't tried the 198_6 update as I think it'll screw it up...Once you're up running Alien ROM though, you'll need to go into the build.prop file and edit it using a text editor like Notepad and update the build to 45.2.7 to prevent the update pop-ups from annoying the crap out of you.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bouchedag:
Doh

Well, got my photon 3 days ago, and have tried to do this on multiple occasions following each step carefully, and at this point I've come to the conclousion that this method no longer works....at least on a new out of box phone that took all updates current to 3 days ago.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
At what point does it fail? I'd verify and look for a fix, but my mopho's are tied up with other projects right now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bouchedag:
As soon as I reflash the leak, and reinstall CWM Bootstrap, I then click install recovery, which passes, after I grant it SU, I then boot into recovery, and click restore, and it either says md5 mismatch, or no system img, etc. restore failed, and yes it's on the external sd
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Which release leak and what version of CWM did you use for the full backup? If you used CWM5 then bootstrap will fail to restore as it's CWM4 based. I've updated the OP to reflect the issue.
[Motorola Photon 4G] iLLa:
how is this not pinned?
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Edit the build.prop file to the latest system 45.3.6 using a text editor abd reboot. Youll be fine.
[Motorola Photon 4G] andyk11:
Broken Links

Allmost all the links for the downloads are broke or don't work. looks like the web sies shutdown or not sure whats up. Anyone have a location where I can get these please?
[Motorola Photon 4G] casawimill:
How do you edit the "build.prop" file via Adb or can I do it using root explorer?

I need instructions asap, the 3hr continous prop in KILLING ME!
[Motorola Photon 4G] bearw815:
Yes you can use root explorer, long press, open in text editor. When done hit save and it will also make a backup of the original with a .bak ext.

As always be careful with it.....
[Motorola Photon 4G] demonotaku:
Thank you for this - I am using Slim-Joker and I couldn't get the boot loader version working, (Cannot start Error 2 XD)

So I went in and did this! Works perfectly :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] casawimill:
What exactly should it look like and where should I make the changes...can you send me a screen shot of where and what exactly too type (build number) I have everything perfect retained 4G and running Alien custom theme. So I don't want to mess anything up with entering the wrong edits
[Motorola Photon 4G] GalDemSuga:
Has anyone experienced problems restoring the Alien Rom backup once relocking the bootloader. It just wont do it. I've followed the steps and no luck.
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
1) Copy the buildprop to your computer and edit it using notepad or text editor.

2)The highlighted section is near the bottom of the build prop file.

3) Change the build to: 99.9.9 so it would say in this case: "Blur_Version.99.9.9.MB855..."

4) Save it and load it into the Sdcard

5) copy to the original location /system/ - replace it

6) reboot

You might get an error that pops up, but you can disregard it..it shouldn't come up again. However, before doing all that, you might want to consider going through the updates for your phone as the OTAs have a bunch of fixes. If not, enjoy your Alien ROM!

Update: ****, I just noticed that the battery indicator is a different color than the wi-fi/strength indicator....DAMN IT!
[Motorola Photon 4G] casawimill:
Thanks for the help, now I have everything running perfect (4G/wifi) is it necessary or will it break anything in the aspect of the actual rom, 4G, wifi if I did the OTA updates?
[Motorola Photon 4G] KTT16:
Don't do the OTA updates because Alien ROM is based on the 154_5 Build. I had a lot of problems with the ROM after I updated the phone. If you need the 4G and want the latest update, AND want the Alien theme, you MIGHT be able to do it using Joker's skinny ROM for locked bootloaders and then flash the theme over it, but it could screw it up and you probably don't want to go through all that B.S. again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] GalDemSuga:
Even after following this to the "t" I get the same errors. I used CWM4 to backup the Aliem Rom. and the leaked OTA in the link. I'm attempting this for the 4th and final time.
[Motorola Photon 4G] GalDemSuga:
So I just noticed that the CWM is actually version 5. So I will find version 4 and retry. Cant wait to get this over :)

Still no go
[Motorola Photon 4G] pir8man:
can you just use the nopudding4u re-locker instead of flashing the full sbf file?

would the steps then be:

root

unlock bootloader

install recovery

install custom ROM

lock bootloader (using photon_nopudding4u.rar)

enjoy 4G

or am I missing something else that reflashing the sbf file does besides lock the bootloader?

(forgive my ignorance)
[Motorola Photon 4G] iamanonymous:
Nopudding4u does not work. Causes failed to boot 2 error.

sent from Cybertron, mopho!
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
Or just root, install bootstrap and flash without the kernel. No unlocking relocking.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ChadH42:
Has anyone tried this method with CM7??? I think that CM7 needs a different kernel.
[Motorola Photon 4G] itsallsubliminal:
Is this an option in bootstrap or is there some modifying necessary? And do we do a wipe in bootstrap?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
Yea it won't work with cm7 without major changes. Plus cm7 doesnt even try with wimax
[Motorola Photon 4G] comeatmebro:
Does anyone know if this is possible with ubuntop?

Unlock -> follow the steps of ubuntop -> back up -> lock -> restore back up

The one thing I see that might cause a problem is the CWM version, but other than that, I think it might work.

Can anyone comment?

Thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] HafizNafes89:
I have a question for everyone. If I was to go around downloading every custom rom that I can find for the photon4g and back them up using the method that Lokifish Marz provided for retaining 4g on custom roms. then maybe everyone who just want to download roms without unlocking their bootloader or losing 4g can just root and install the bootstrap recovery and backup whatever rom they want to use.

I was hoping that this can be an effective way of flash multiple roms for those who want to keep their 4g working.

For those who think that this is a good idea please let me know.

I already have both Alien and skinny installed and backed up.

All I need is some guidance and permission from the devs who created the roms
[Motorola Photon 4G] itsallsubliminal:
Not sure im catchin what youre pitchin... u want permission to use the roms? Are u saying u want to post ur locked backups for people to use? If so, it won't work cuz i believe the backups will have ur devices credentials.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Bootstrap doesn't have access to the osh (webtop) partition. I've been sick the past week but have been testing pudding/nopudding relock that seems to work ok. I'll update the OP when I feel comfortable with method.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ArchangelRenzoku:
I'm a brand-new Photon user, just got it Tuesday - coming from the Epic4G. I always like testing things for the Epic. There wasn't a ROM, kernel or new bootloader that I haven't tried over there. Big development section.

I rolled through this thread for the first time and I'm glad to see you're back in the mix. I look forward to trying out everything you can dish up. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] ArchangelRenzoku:
So just to confirm, if I flash this, which I plan to do, I should be using 154_5 and not 198_7 right? I've kinda been reading 7 has been having issues...

If I use 154_5 and everything goes according to plan. Should I update if I get the prompts after boot? I'm assuming it will break a few things.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
I suggest holding off for a couple days and see where joker's 4G enabled deving goes. At this point all the retain method (alt method here) is good for is UbunTop/WebTop+ on stock.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ArchangelRenzoku:
I see. I'm not even concerned with 4G as I don't have it in my area, nor do I have the dock yet. I just wanna try out AlienROM. It looks awesome and I love speed tweaks!
[Motorola Photon 4G] iLLa:
I was curious to know if this would work with Alien Rom as well. I guess I'll stay tuned.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Alien is based on old code and hasn't been updated since August. I suggest using joker's skinny4g at this point. This 4G method is no longer needed and has been superseded by nopudding4u.
[Motorola Photon 4G] esmith972:
I'm at the point of re-flashing 4.5.1a after installing the Alien rom. Now I see this in RSD Lite: unable to retrieve interface handle. Any ideas?

12/13/11 15:14:19 The FlashLog key is turned off.

12/13/11 15:14:20 Multi upgrade started for 1 phones

12/13/11 15:14:20 [Device ID: 0] Flashing phone.

12/13/11 15:14:20 ERROR: Unable to retrieve interface handle. - on device ID 0.

12/13/11 15:14:20 ERROR: Flash failure: Unable to retrieve interface handle. (Error Code: 27),

Detailed Error Details: Direction of the Error=No Direction, Command Value=0, Code Group Number=No Codegroup - on device ID 0.

[EDIT] Oh god... ignore that. I went into Fastboot mode instead of RSD mode. FAIL!
[Motorola Photon 4G] nandroide:
Ok, so i have followed the instructions. When i backup the files with CWM, I REFLASH 4.5.1

A SUNFIRE and reroot. Then install the bootloader. The problem is when i try to restore it seems that cwm backup files are not recognized. Could it be due to beong internal memory or external sd. Any suggestions? And i'll re read the thread
[Motorola Photon 4G] nandroide:
For using nopudding4u method of relocking the bootloader, possibly need a custom kernel?
[Motorola Photon 4G] nandroide:
Right, CWM4 sorry i didnt notice the different versions :/
[Motorola Photon 4G] deedscreen:
I don't think that is the issue, you should try restoring with CWM Bootstrap.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Doballa:
yes u r right u r using cwm 5 to make the backup. u need to be using cwm 4
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] KingRedHot:
Hey man, I tried the mod that you credited to yesterday and the clock centered but no other icons were there. Replaced my script with yours now it works like a charm! Thanks dude, now I can study yours to see exactly what I did wrong lol
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] jaddadial:
APKmanager is giving an error upon decompiling SystemUI.apk.. What could be going wrong?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Doerajw:
Try using apkmanager v5

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1227179
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] jaddadial:
although showing an error APKmanager decompiled the apk and so i went through with the process. The signed apk (besides giving errors) is reduced to 10kb from 207kb. Is that alright, should i give it go and copy via root explorer??
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] S2K_MoZo:
I have been trying to find a way to remove the clock from status bar and found your article. Can you post screenshots and highlight what exactly we need to change?

I am more interested in just deleting the clock as I don't like 20 clocks on my phone..lol

Thanks in advance :)

I think this is the line where I need to put maybe Visible="false"?

<com.android.systemui.statusbar.Clock android:textAppearance="@android:style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" android:gravity="center" android:paddingLeft="132.0dip" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="true" />
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] KingRedHot:
Nope, it ain't gon work. Download the latest android sdk, take aapt.exe and replace the one in your apk manager/other folder. That should fix your problem

Swyped From My Red Hot 3D Razr Phone
[Epic 4G General] kobby2k6:
There is a deadspace game for android available online somewhere..you need froyo and chainfire with the qualcomm driver for it to work...it doesn't work on gingerbread roms btw...I had to revert back to froyo but the game is awesome.

update..after playing it for the past 2 days, the is the best android high quality game i have ever played..u can change customs, upgrade your weapons and every single aspect of the character...i have tried every gameloft game except for the w.o.w clone and i can't tell it has a better story and gameplay than all the gameloft games currently available for android..it almost feels like the console version and i suggest everyone tries it...9/10 so far but some of the controls are iffy
[Epic 4G General] gtuansdiamm:
Isn't it a game loft game?
[Epic 4G General] kobby2k6:
It's EA and it supposed to be xperia play exclusive (which I hate)...it will make more money on the android market smh...it's sold on the EA site somewhere
[Epic 4G General] lviv73:
And its free on other sites which we are not allowed to mention on here,lol.

Say what you want about gameloft but their knockoff games sometimes are better than real ones,im surprised game companies dint sue them yet.
[Epic 4G General] kobby2k6:
yea i love gameloft games...especially modern combat 2 for the online pay but i hate the hackers (they are destroying the game)
[Epic 4G General] Ceelos09:
Has anyone found why this game doesn't work on GB ROMs? Or know a workaround? Got it to work on my a100 tab but as noted above, doesn't work on my Epic
[Epic 4G General] kobby2k6:
it only works for sgs models on froyo and also doesn't work on galaxy nexus (read it in a forum somewhere)..but some samsung phones that can run the game in gingerbread are galaxy ace, gio, mini and the droid charge apparently (can't confirm this phone). I think it has to do the way samsung gingerbread update messed with the gpu (assumption) plus the game was originally made for xperia play...i have tried all chainfire settings and i can't get it to work on my epic on gb and cm7 (it freezes the phone) but works fine in froyo..
[Epic 4G General] Ceelos09:
I also tried running it using Chainfire3D, didn't work. It loads up about 2 seconds of the intro and just closes. For the time being, I'm enjoying GB more than Froyo so I won't be going back, although I wanted to play this pretty bad :\ sad days...

I got it running on my Iconia Tab tho using Chainfire 3D. The only problem is that it only runs in portrait mode, not landscape. So I'm cut off short from both sides of the gameplay. Turning into corners is a pain since I'm half blind and I can't see anything besides me unless its literally like beside me already :\ its playable, but kind of annoying.
[Epic 4G General] Fire n mage:
I also tried on gingerbread with no dice awhile ago, that's awesome thought to know that our phones can play console quality games. :D
[Epic 4G General] dwallersv:
Posted a thread about this -- apologies for not finding this one first.

I'm severely bummed, because I love this game, and am only about 1/3 of the way through it. I loathe the idea of having the flash back to Froyo to play it, and am not going to... YET.

I mentioned in my other thread, though, that Shadowgun DOES work on the E4G with GB and Chainfire3D+NVIDIA plug-in. While the game does need the horsepower of the Galaxy S II, it plays well on the E4G, with just a little stuttering here and there as the graphics H/W can't keep up. Hasn't interfered with gameplay at all, though, and it's an AWESOME game!!

EDIT: Haven't tried it with an OC kernels yet. Just flashed Samurai 3.01++, with a turbocharge GPU clock, and support for CPU OC. I'll crank it up and give Shadowgun a try, report back here later.
[Epic 4G General] thomasskull666:
Please do I'm curious to see your results!
[Epic 4G General] G.I.Geoff:
Is it possible to decompile the deadspace APK and recompile for use with gingerbread?
[Epic 4G General] sonikkuu:
This unfortunately does not work on my my Samsung Galaxy S Captivate running 2.3.5 and no way am i going back to froyo! Although i do miss playing it. It crashes at the EA logo and just sends me back to my home screen.
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
I used it on my TW based EI22 Epic rom. Coupled with chainfire it worked fine on gingerbread. Runs perfect with no additional mods on cm7 now.
[Epic 4G General] monke30butt:
I downloaded DeadSpace from SamsungApps for free & it works great on CleanGB MTD.
[Epic 4G General] kynolin:
Just to give feedback, Deadspace runs great on EI22 (CleanGB) and Cyanogen 7 RC0 through nightly 16, to include using Samurai kernel with overclocked GPU. I got mine from the Android Market, I think it was on sale. Great game to show off the Epic's performance and black levels. :D
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] [d]amour:
Hey there, i am using ICEandFIRE v3.0 rom, having problem that most of the game or apps when i launch it..it is able to play for few minutes and later on it just put me back to the homescreen. Most of those games like cut the rope i playing is suppose to be compatible with my phone? or is it this is something related to the memory card?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
More related to the lower end technology on the Milestone compared to the newer phones. Try supercharging and see if it works again.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] [d]amour:
does the latest cm7 rom include supercharging script in it?? or need to run the script manually?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
You need to run the script manually by using Script Manager.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] [d]amour:
i am using supercharger script in my phone but it didnt seems to be any changes to me..some games still FC and back to home screen again...this is related to the ram of milestone?? is there anyway i can free more ram
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] skadude66:
The only other way to free more RAM is to go to an Eclair or Froyo ROM. Other than that, this is the best we can do for our Milestones.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] abuzar1:
Is there an advanced camera app that works on the G2X? I haven't rooted my phone yet but I'd do it if a rom has a better camera app or something. I'm looking to being able to control my shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and possibly aperture (Although I'm not sure if camera phones even have adjustable aperture).
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
Camera360 has a good amount of options, you should check that out.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mojorisin7178:
When They took the lg camera away I tried every camera app in the market and none of them were any good I wasted alot of money buying the pro versions and they all sucked most were not even as good as the stock vanilla android camera that we go with the GB update and certainly not as good as the froyo LG camera app. Sorry to sound negative. On a good note you can now get the LG froyo camera on GB it has been done I have it and you dont even need to be rooted
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
Please explain how you got the LG Cam without being rooted...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] S0NiX0928:
You know you get a 15 min window to get a refund on apps bought in the market, right?..
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Maris_:
I've recently purchased Camera Zoom FX (after using Camera 360 for a while). It works with the front-facing camera and has some good basic requirements. It also has tons of extras I will probably never use, but then I just want to take a fast shot that is clear and crisp.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mister Hat:
Hahahahaha +1
[T-Mobile LG G2x] abuzar1:
Thanks for all the help guys. Camera360 doesn't have any of the exposure settings I wanted except for white balance but I'll root and flash a rom with the LG Cam and see how that goes.