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[Motorola Photon 4G] itsallsubliminal:
I Really need some help here.

So i nandroid backup... after i flashed the cm7 (both versions) i had no service -which i assumed there was with mophok version- but now that i restored my nandroid backup, i have no service on home-base!!

Please if someone can point me in the right direction would be clutch, i'm awaiting a job-opp call tomorrow and don't wanna miss it!

EDIT: Changed to Sprint only in network settings and now i'm set... i wonder if that was the case in CM7... time to reflash and try again!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
That is the problem. After my battery issue earlier, I had to go in to the mobile data menu and leave it to kick it back on.
[Motorola Photon 4G] itsallsubliminal:
Wait a swift sec everyone... how the heck do I answer a phone call???
[Motorola Photon 4G] cybik:
did you flash my latest?
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
Well from what I gather we are moving in the right direction. Sweet.

So if you let the battery drain to zero it causes an issue?
[Motorola Photon 4G] itsallsubliminal:
Alls well ;) just took some time to kick in.

Until i can answer a call on cm7 without a FC in the way, ill have to stick wit da base. No complaints :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] itsallsubliminal:
And yeah, nov 4th.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cybik:
bit hard to debug, seeing as I'm a canuck and have no Sprint service here.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lightsword1942:
If you want to get on irc or some chat I can help debug, I can even give you remote access to a linux box that I can connect to the phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] itsallsubliminal:
Ah. I am a Blackhawk... see u sunday! :)

If theres anything i can do to test, lemme know man. I just dont seem to have too much time lately. If u have simple tests/zips or swap of files id bd glad to try
[Motorola Photon 4G] TheGman125:
Can you guys not bring togather the projects and work on them as one. Since it is both CM7?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ibedanny:
I'm confused guys. The phone app does not work for this ROM? If thats the case than whats the point of having a phone. I looked all through this thread and could not verify it it is working now. Thanks for the hand guys.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lightsword1942:
You probably want to look at this build http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1304881
[Motorola Photon 4G] Thesian:
You've never heard of Alpha testing? or Beta Testing? Please, don't waste the Dev's time with whining. This ROM is clearly marked ALPHA and is not ready for primetime. As thats the case, key features, like the phone, are not working. Please stay and contribute if you want to help develop this ROM, otherwise, I recommend the General Discussion area for beginner questions.

Thank you, and have a blessed day!
[Motorola Photon 4G] mecksg1:
I can t wait for this Rom guys. Keep up the good work
[Motorola Photon 4G] htcSlide:
Hey.. I've been playing with Cybik's CM7.. SO SEXY on this amazing phone.. Have you had any further developments? There has been mention of your version having hdmi mirroring.. My hopes is for CM7 with webtop.. Any ideas/thoughts?
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
Webtop on any other rom besides Motorola (blur framework) will take some serious effort and development. We barely have a cm alpha I don't see a webtop cm7 rom any where in the photons future. Speaking of future this phone is God like but development is god awful lol. Makes me a sad panda the greatest Android device I've ever owned has absolutely no development *no offense to the few roms on here* but I was spoiled with the evo 4G...
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
We have plenty of roms, but a lack of themes. Its nice to have several people working on cm, i had the vibrant and it had like 5 cousin phones and it took forever to get cm. So this pace is really nice.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
Yeah I guess you're right. Only roms I really uses were cm7 and miui. The stock rom is pretty nice as well I've been using it since I've owned the phone. Just patiently waiting for cm7.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
Soon enough Man
[Motorola Photon 4G] Sansedor007:
And WHEN NEW ROM ? When?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
Rule #1 of CM - don't ask for ETAs.

It will come when Mrinehart has time, his school is 1000X more important than this rom.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Sorry for the lack of involvement in this ROM... as you may or may not know, I'm in college right now and since the end of the semester is nearing, professors have been piling on quizzes and tests (not to mention the Java programs I have to do :P ). Hopefully when next semester starts I'll be able to put some work into this again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] R2DeeTard:
We all (well, some of us) understand that this is 100% dependent on your free time. With winter break right around the corner, I'm sure you'll find some time to make some headway.
[Motorola Photon 4G] warttack:
What happened with the github source you had going on? I get you are busy but other people might be able to continue the work if you leave a public overlay for others to use. Just saying.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jo_795:
Bump* ? I'm still interested in the development of this , too bad I don't know anything about building kernels or roms but I wish to still see the development
[Motorola Photon 4G] cybik:
I would link to my dev thread but that would be shameless plugging.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18450433

I'll do it lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] Jo_795:
what recovery are you using to flash this ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lightsword1942:
This should work
[Motorola Photon 4G] AnaMayShun:
I know mrinehart is busy with school. But has anyone else made any advancement with CM7?
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18450433 dude
[Motorola Photon 4G] RockoDev:
this is funny
[Motorola Photon 4G] DankTank:
"Any progress on CM7?"

Are you kidding? Cybik has had a working version for more than 2 months. Do you like moving backwards? Why would this even be an option
[Motorola Photon 4G] slawson:
Does this brick radios?
[Motorola Photon 4G] droiddv:
Will this rom work on the Motorola Electrify?
[Motorola Photon 4G] dcowboys2184:
Really tho?
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
Use Cybik's, and yes it works well on the electrify.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Pretty much.
[Motorola Photon 4G] slag02:
I have the CM repo synced to my PC from awhile ago - I haven't Updated it in quite some time - Not sure it even has the atrix repo

Is there anything I can get out of it for you when I get home to help you on this?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Custodian:
Bingo!..
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
YES! Can you possibly upload it somewhere (I know it's a massive size) so that I can get it? All I need is that repo lol.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Victor_A:
Woohoo, glad things are moving along now. CM is all I really am waiting for on the photon. Wonder if the simcard will work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] slag02:
Let me see what I can do... I dont think I have enough space in my dropbox to throw it there

Give me a bit and I'll be back

Sent via tapatalk from the Photon 4G
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
Thread bump because OP is awesome....

So awesome i think he would have pulled off that webOS port back during our hero days :-)
[Motorola Photon 4G] slag02:
Ok i have a way to send you this 7GB file but I need you online to send it to you

PM me or something - I sent you a PM too

:cool:
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
Ironic I wiped the disc that had a repo on it about 2 weeks ago....
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
lol was hoping he would post here, anyways i have the cm7 repo and ive been sending him what he needs so dont sweat it :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] SS2006:
This is getting exciting/hopeful
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Alright guys I've finally gotten past every compile error. CyanogenMod now builds perfectly. Now I just need to start working out the bugs and get it to successfully boot... and I have some ideas for getting that to work. I'll post a build anyway so you guys can see that I'm not BS'ing you lol.
[Motorola Photon 4G] TexasRebel:
What are the odds of having a working flashable build of CM7 this weekend?

Sent from my rooted/unlocked mopho
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
I'll see what I can do, but no promises :cool: I have stuff to work on for classes in addition to this but I'll definitely try! I want it working as much as you guys do!
[Motorola Photon 4G] criptix:
that was you mrinehart i was racking my brain but couldnt remember what it was i remembered you from the hero days....lol you got so much **** over that port but i think the peeps on xda have gotten whinier.....o well thanks for your hard work cant wait to see cyanogen, aosp and miui

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have you tried comparing to atrix cyan for comparison since they are close siblings?
[Motorola Photon 4G] John Kotches:
I don't mean to be flippant, but is this including the TeamWin code for 4G and HDMI?
[Motorola Photon 4G] criptix:
i tried screwing with it for about an hour im going to bed.... ill mess around some more tomorrow
[Motorola Photon 4G] Djspinister:
All you really need to do is make a folder and call it "App Drawer" lol

jk jk

But seriously, cm7, I can't wait!!!

-DJ
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
no

like i said before, this is a whole new beast. we have no idea on how moto did wimax, hopefully we can figure it all out tho :)

oh and mrineheart if you need me ill be in teh secondary photon channel, as im currently banned from the official one
[Motorola Photon 4G] TexasRebel:
Lmfao ;P

Sent from my rooted/unlocked mopho
[Motorola Photon 4G] John Kotches:
shabby:

I asked as I know the source for 4g was contributed to the project. Don't know if the wimax chipset is the same or not which would be a huge factor in the development.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
unfortunatly yea, chipset. wether it handles it like htc or samsung or in a new moto way will make it all tough to figure out, hopefully its like samsung (as their code is part of aosp)

i dont mean to be a debbie downer but i dont want everyone getting excited hoping cm7 will have 4g when the unlock gets patched :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] craigbailey1986:
Well i just want cm7 or miui.. because 4g around here is scarce.. thanks devs for all that you do
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
What's the secondary photon channel?

And I'm really just shooting to get the ROM booting at this point in time. Once we get it stable and WiMax is patched in the bootloader, then we can figure out 4G. But for now it's not a priority of mine.
[Motorola Photon 4G] RickNY1971:
This would be awesome to have CM7 on the Photon.. What are the chances of it retaining the special functionality from the kickstand, and car/hd dock? One of the reasons I keep the stock launcher is because that functionality goes away with them.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
Probably slim to none, but im guessing it would be possible to write a tasked plugin that activates a program. But on that note you would have to write a dock program because there wouldn't be a blur interface for the current one to work with. Soooo there would be some leg work to get it going.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Finishure:
Let me how and where to donate !!!!!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
If you feel so inclined to donate, you can click the "Donate" button under my username. It is automatically set up to send money to my paypal account.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
How goes your progress with getting this to boot? Any luck as of yet?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
I'm tryin'! I recently uploaded my local repo to GitHub so people can help me look it over. It's definitely a kernel/boot.img problem though because the phone is not even booting. Once we get that sorted it should be smooth(er) sailing from there... the problem right now is since the kernel can't boot the rest of the phone, there is no way to get a system log using logcat. Logcat is my best friend :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
Gotcha Man. I really need to start reading and learn all this stuff. As I'm not entirely sure what logcat is. I presume it's a log that gives you a list of codes that are booting etc etc? Just a guess. Is your website full of helpful info on the subject?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Logcat prints the output of the system log to a terminal or can pipe the output from the terminal to a text file. Sadly my website does not have any information on it :P I should write some stuff on it though...
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
Got any place I can go to learn about some of this stuff, like doing ROM's, kernals, and all that. I'd be interested in seeing if perhaps I can help.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
The best way to start would to be to learn about Linux. Learn how to compile things and learn how a Linux system functions. If you're on the IRC later today we can talk some more but I gotta get to bed. It's like 2:00AM and I'm really tired :P
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
I'll see what I can do. Thanks Man.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Bump: Edited OP with a link to my source code on GitHub: https://github.com/mrinehart93/CyanogenMod-7

Edit:

Added the device and vendor tree for the Motorola Photon 4G to my GitHub: https://github.com/mrinehart93
[Motorola Photon 4G] SS2006:
Is anyone helping you? As in devs

sent from MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
this ??

/10chaar
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
As of right now, not really. I've been getting bits and pieces from Shabby but I'm going to branch out with the Atrix dev-team and see if they can help. I've mainly been getting help in IRC though.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
sorry, ive been pingin just about everyone i know on how to edit the bootclass path to make it cm bootable :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
So you're sure it's the bootclass path? I'll look into that if you're positive that's what it is.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Custodian:
PM Sent.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
from what i understand its what made epic 4g kernels cm7 compatible, ive talked with a few other kernel devs, one says as long as we use koush's anykernel that will make it dual boot stock and cm7 but honestly im not so sure about that.. seeing as anykernel just rebuilds the kerenl on the fly as you flash it, which means as it stands it would be teh same exact thing as we have now
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Agreed. I think we just need to play around with kernel configs and the ramdisk/kernel combination. If you want I'll upload a ramdisk image that I've compiled from the CM source and then we can combine that with the ROM I've compiled here (there are differences between the Atrix and Photon).
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
I think its bad ass to see some collaboration on this project..

VERY exciting stuff indeed.

Thanks for the effort you guys are putting into this.. MUCH appreciated.. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Finishure:
Hell yeahhh had cm6/cm7 on my evo and been missing it ever since. mrinehart thanks for even attempting this i was getting worried we wouldnt see it on this bad a$$ phone
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
+1

I figured we'd see it but I didn't think there would be this much action this early on in the game.. hell the Epic still has a bunch of stuff not working (to be fair though, I believe it's lack of GB source that's holding up the last of the progress)...

Never experienced the full brunt of CM7 and I'm really eager to give it a whirl..

Donation at the ready ;) (my wife will just have to get pissed.. heh.. she already blew a gasket when I spent $15 on SPB shell 3D bwahahaha)
[Motorola Photon 4G] mxmarcus:
Can't wait for it. I am ready to test!

MM

Sent from my Motorola Photon!
[Motorola Photon 4G] RockoDev:
Haha same here my wife saw the sprint bill yesterday and fliped
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
and theres +another reason i like being single, I like keeping it MY $$$ :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] brentmel:
I read this thread like six times a day so I figured I should post my support.

*my support*
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Man this Photon is one resilient phone lol... it's almost as if Motorola implemented some type of protection against CyanogenMod BEYOND custom kernels. I've been in IRC for hours on end talking with VERY knowledgeable people and we're still having a tough time getting this thing to boot.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dcowboys2184:
Thanks for the update... There's things about cyanogenmod that is picky with certain phones lol .. Epic for instance...
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
(asking because I don't know)...

I wonder if it's possible to use Shabby's kernel w/ the CM7 ROM to make it boot ??

again, in all fairness, I know jack squat about any of this.. just throwing a dart in a crowded room <ducks>
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Already have. No go. Lol I've tried so many combinations... my head will explode.
[Motorola Photon 4G] 2JZ GZE:
yew ken dewww eeeet!!!!

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yew ken also make webtop work....yew ken doooo eeeet!!!

haha in all honesty, i just bought a bionic lapdock, so cm7 plus webtop would totally be awesome...ill have my paypal account ready to donate, brother!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
The crappy part is that once you do get it to boot, it may break upstream stuff and then we can't get upstream acceptance :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
im thinking about when i get some spare cash making a tegra 2 uart. it may be the only way to find out why/where kernels are failing :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
How much do you need, I might can paypal you.

Edit: this is what you need? If so its yours, just give me a shipping address.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-UAR...851?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5efe305b

Edit 2:

Also this - is from the atrix forums

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081743
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
If I can get a soldering iron in my dorm room (banned) my friend and I could totally make one! I have TONS of USB cables in here.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
What do they pat you down? Lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Nah but if they do a room check and find a soldering iron I'm screwed.

EDIT

Just found out my friend up here has a soldering iron I can use AND I asked my parents to bring some materials to make the cables up to my dorm when they visit today :) Provided I can get everything, expect the cables to be finished this weekend.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Custodian:
So we need a stable kernel?...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
We don't know how stable the kernel is....they cant get it too boot.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
Yes, it is rather stable in its state of non functioning.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
Id help out with some small parts myself what all do we need to get some cm7 love?

Whats the difference between atrix and photon? Couldn't we use alot of development they have to kick start us?
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
actually that usb thing on ebay looks very nice, makes it easy too cuz then you can swap the pins and cables around, however i just read thru all that thread they claim its not working. shame too cuz that has to be the easiest uart ive ever seen
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Did you read that the premade one from eBay wasn't working? Or the one that you can make yourself?
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
from what i gather uart output isnt enabled on teh atrix which means very very very very slim chance that it is on ours
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
There isn't much difference so for the most part Atrix stuff can be used with the Photon. Changes that I made were replacing proprietary Atrix files with ours and using the Photon config (with some Atrix mods) to compile a kernel for us. I edited the Atrix ramdisk as well to work with the Photon but still no go.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Custodian:
Lol..trolololol
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
no trololol is asking if a kernal is not stable when it clearly says all over the place that the thing doesn't boot yet. lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] wintrxtrem:
Welp, i'm ditching the Evo 3D for the Photon at the end of this month. I doubt CM will be ready by then (and I hate to live without it), but I've had it with the crappy signal strength of the 3D.. Ready for some Photon love. Best of luck, mrinehart. You can do it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] criptix:
You wont regret it .... ditched the evo 3d

In 6 days
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Thanks for the motivation. I'll try not to disappoint (I can't stand the phone without CM).:D
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
So I was doing some reading, cause I wasn't really sure what CM7 was to be quite honest. Heh. And I'm now actually quite stoked if you can get a stable bootable version of this. Seems like it has some awesome features. I can't wait. Keep at it, and I'm sure you'll get it working. Thanks for the effort!
[Motorola Photon 4G] HooliganAMA:
Just a quick question. When cm7 is up and running will it include webtop?
[Motorola Photon 4G] phatmanxxl:
Probably not, its not going to have any motoblur features, it's just your basic vanilla android with a few cm tweaks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] HooliganAMA:
That's what I figured. Thanks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Right so I was in IRC last night and we came upon a thought that our bootloader might be breaking CM7 boot. We're going to try booting it with the 2nd-init method later to see if we can narrow down the problem.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
i thougth 2nd init was broken with gb?
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
Thanks for taking the time to actually update us on what's going on periodically.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
ok so i found dx2 had 2nd init updated for gb. tried it out right quick while im at work, doesnt work right off the bat (but then again im unlocked and running my kernel) so i guess its a matter of figuring out what and where to change and then hope that it works for us :P.

for the atrix do they have to use 2nd init? or can they use pudding?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
I'm almost positive they are able to use pudding. Then again, their unlocked bootloader doesn't break anything.

EDIT

Alright I briefly looked at how the Clockwork Mod recovery bootstrap works. So basically I stuff my update.zip into the .apk and then install the apk. Then 2nd-init is able to hijack the init and boot whatever you want? I'll try this out.

EDIT EDIT

I just tried bootstrapping CM7 but it didn't work... of course I am unlocked just like Shabby. I'll try some more combinations of the bootstrap later.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Alright here is the link to the current CM7 bootstrap. If anyone that is running a LOCKED bootloader could test this out that would be great.

Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8496286/Cyanogen_Hijack-signed.apk

Install it like a regular .apk file. In the app, press Install Recovery, then plug your phone into an AC charger. Next press Recovery Mode and see if it boots CyanogenMod.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
I'm still stock locked if you want me to unlock by a certain method to test let me know.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
Downloading now
[Motorola Photon 4G] ty088:
Im stock but rooted. Downloading now and will report back.

Sent from my cellular
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
Hung at the Motorola symbol
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrinehart93:
Alright thanks. I'm going to look over the 2nd-init a little bit more and see if I can send it to someone who knows what they're doing with it and see if I might've packed it wrong.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cobrahicks:
locked and rooted, also hung up at moto symbol
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
Cool feel free to reach out to me for any testing needs
[Motorola Photon 4G] 2JZ GZE:
So much love/win in this tread...

come onnn cm7!!! I need DSP Manager, a higher BT Bitpool and webtop!! =)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Andhi:
If you have an unlocked bootloader why do you need 2nd-init?
[Motorola Photon 4G] TheGman125:
It is a possible that you could modify it to get it running.